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Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Tsarist Officers A very minor point, but there were actually quite a few Cossack nobles. Paul I granted hereditary nobility to all Don Cossacks with the rank of colonel or above, following which all Cossacks attaining the necessary level in the Table of Ranks likewise became hereditary nobles. There were even two Cossack counts: Denisov and Platov, both rewarded for their services in the wars against Napoleon. Sincerely, Benjamin Uroff University of Illinois
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