chorągiew
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300px|right|thumb|"Chorągiew Pancerni|pancerna of [[rotmistrz Józef Hulewicz" painted by Wojciech Kossak]]
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300px|right|thumb|"Chorągiew Pancerni|pancerna of [[rotmistrz Józef Hulewicz" painted by Wojciech Kossak]]
Chorągiew (; literally: "banner") was the basic administrative unit of the Polish and Lithuanian cavalry from the 14th century. An alternative name until the 17th century was rota.
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