Question

Along with Ruthenians, these people would have been elevated to create a commonwealth of three nations in the unsuccessful Treaty of Hadiach (“HAHD-yutch”). A group of these people legendarily referred to Sultan Mehmed IV as “an attendant (10[1])of Lucifer” in an (10[1])insulting letter known as (10[1])their “reply.” An ataman of these people sacked Kazan during a rebellion that occurred during Catherine the Great’s reign. (-5[1])Yemelyan Pugachev (“ye-MEAL-yan POO-ga-chev”) and Ivan Mazepa were leaders of these people, who lived in groups called hosts and chiefly lived near the Dnieper and Don rivers. For 10 points, name these militaristic, nomadic horsemen that lived in (-5[1])Ukraine and Russia. (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Cossacks [accept Ural Cossacks or Yaik Cossacks or Zaporozhian Cossacks; accept Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks; prompt on Zaporozhian Host by asking “What is the name of the ethnic group?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDUCLA D3510
Scarlet Rutter (DII)Claremont AUCLA B3910
Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG)UCLA AUCLA E4310
Siddharth Chittapuram (DII)UCLA CClaremont C62-5
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCClaremont B98-5
Alex Chen (DII)Claremont CUCLA C1010
Adam Hermann (DII)Claremont BUSC10110

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