A General Officer Staff () was a council of high-ranking officers who advised to

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on all affairs. It was the highest state administration of

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. General officers took part in the

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. In a peacetime the general officers acted as ministers. General officers along with colonels composed the

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. It was created in 1648 and existed after the liquidation of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until 1782. In an absence of a hetman, any members of the staff could have performed functions of the

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. General officers were headed by the

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. Aside of General Officers Staff there also were Regimental and Company officers staffs as part of administrative division of the

.Cossack starshyna
at the

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All officers were known as ''starshyna'' which literally means "a senior". In charge of regiments stood colonel () and in charge of companies stood captain (). The staff consisted of nine members: * Quartermaster general, * two Judge advocate generals – General Military Court, * Scribe general (pysar) – General Military Chancellery, * Treasury general – General Treasury, * two Adjutant generals ( osavul), *

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general (khorunzhyi), * Bunchuk general (bunchuzhnyi)

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