With Fire and Sword · Character

Old Barabash

An old Cossack colonel who opposes Hmelnitski.

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Also known as Barabash

First appearance: vi

Old Barabash shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Warns of the rebellion and falls asleep during the discussion.

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Chapter II
Warns of the rebellion and falls asleep during the discussion.
Chapter III
Mentioned as a colonel whose power is feeble; Bogun exercises the power of colonel in his place.
VIII
Receives a sarcastic letter from Hmelnitski and laments that he taught Hmelnitski war.
Chapter XI
His nephew, young Barabash, is accused of treason and killed; Hmelnitski uses this to avenge himself on the old colonel.
XIII
Mentioned as one of the leaders of the Cossacks sailing down the Dnieper with the German infantry.
Chapter XIV
Old colonel of Cherkasi; refuses to betray the flag, resists the mutiny, and is killed by his own Cossacks.

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