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The bulawa (Latin [Polish] spelling: buława; Cyrillic, булава [bulava]) is a ceremonial mace or baton. The word is of Turkish origin.
Historically the buława was an attribute of a hetman, an officer of the highest military rank (a Field or Grand Hetman of Poland, or of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; and the Kosh Otaman of Ukraine) or the military head of a Cossack state.
In Slavic languages, a buława or bulava is a mace or a club, in both the military and ceremonial senses. The bulava was part of the Cossack Kleinody that were awarded by Poland's King Stefan Batory to the Zaporizhian Host.[1]
Hetmans typically added an image of a buława to their coats of arms.
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[edit] Poland
Today the buława appears in the rank insignia of a Marshal of Poland.
[edit] Ukraine
Under the Ukrainian People's Republic, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army was called the General Bulava.
The bulava is also an official symbol of the President of Ukraine, being housed in Ukraine's Vernadsky National Library.
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Hetman Jan Zamoyski in crimson delia and blue silk żupan. His right hand holds a hetman's buława.
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Edward Rydz-Śmigły (right) receiving Marshal's buława from Polish President Ignacy Mościcki, Warsaw, 10 November 1936.
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Coat-of-arms of a Polish hetman
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Buława of Crown Field Hetman Marcin Kalinowski
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