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ataman
right|thumb|262px|Ivan Matveevich Krasnoshchekov, Ataman of the Don Cossacks. Portrait is from 1761. The term Ataman is a theme of various Russian folk songs ()
Ataman (variants: otaman, wataman, vataman; ; , ) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military commanders of the Cossack armies. The Ukrainian version of the same word is hetman. Otaman in Ukrainian Cossack forces was a position of a lower rank.

Pyotr Krasnov
White movement Cossack (1869-1947)

Alexey Kaledin
Russian general (1861-1918)
Matvey Ivanovich Platov
Russian general
Alexander Dutov
Russian general (1864-1921)
Boris Annenkov
Russian military personnel (1889-1927)

Grigory Sergeyevich Golitsyn
Russian general (1838–1907)
Afrikan P. Bogaewsky
imperial Russian Army officer (1872–1934)
Ivan Kalmykov
Ataman of the Ussuri Cossacks and General associated with the Anti-Bolshevik White Movement

Konstantin Yurievich Pestushko
Ukrainian military commander (1898–1921)

Alexander Filimonov
Russian ataman (1866–1948)
Sydir Bilyi
Ukrainian Cossack