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Zakhary Chepiha
Zakhary Chepiha was a Cossack commander who led the Black Sea Cossack Host formed from former Zaporozhians. He fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787 to 1792, including the capture of Izmail. As otaman he led the resettlement of the Host to the Kuban after Catherine II granted it land in 1792, and the Cossacks founded Yekaterinodar.
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