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Petyhorcy (singular: Petyhorzec, Latin: pientho-horcensis, Lithuanian: Petihorai) was a type of
regular medium-armoured
light cavalry exclusively in the...
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Towarzysz Poczet Pocztowy Offices in the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth Petyhorcy Druzhina Sikora, Radosław (2005). Wojskowość
polska w
dobie wojny polsko-szwedzkiej...
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retainers (cavalry) and free
servants (hussars,
cossack –
Armoured companion,
Petyhorcy, Hajduk), or with none or one
retainer and very few free
servants (light...
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included the
Winged hussars and
lighter Polish pancerni and
Lithuanian petyhorcy with some
light cavalry units, with
infantry being the
distant second...
- can be
translated as 'Armoured cossacks') in the
Kingdom of
Poland or '
Petyhorcy' in the
Grand Duchy of
Lithuania (the
actual subject of the illustration)...
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Kossakowski began his
military career by
becoming a
lieutenant in the
Petyhorcy cavalry regiment. Politically, he
aligned himself with the
Sapieha faction...
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merger of previously-existing
units of
Winged hussars,
pancerni and
petyhorcy that were
still in
service after the
Confederation of Bar. In 1777 the...
