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Along with Ruthenians, these people would have been elevated to create a commonwealth of three nations (-5[1])in the unsuccessful Treaty of Hadiach (“HAHD-yutch”). A group of these people legendarily referred to Sultan Mehmed IV (10[1])as “an attendant of Lucifer” in an insulting (10[1])letter known as their “reply.” An ataman of these people sacked Kazan during (-5[1])a rebellion that occurred during (10[1])Catherine the Great’s reign. Yemelyan Pugachev (“ye-MEAL-yan POO-ga-chev”) and Ivan Mazepa were leaders (10[1])of these people, who lived in groups called hosts and chiefly lived near (-5[1])the Dnieper and Don rivers. For 10 points, (10[1])name these militaristic, nomadic (-5[1])horsemen that lived in Ukraine and Russia. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris ScheriRIT BU of Rochester B15-5
Danny CutbillRIT ACornell B3210
Gregory StoneESFCornell G4010
Pierce DeCainCornell FPenn State53-5
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell D5810
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT C6910
Alec WestSyracuseU of Rochester A82-5
Ethan MaddoxU of Rochester ASyracuse9010
Joseph TabaskoBinghamton CCornell C94-5
Sam HofeckerPenn StateCornell F10110
Joshua RafaeilCornell CBinghamton C10210
Spencer AhnU of Rochester BRIT B1020
Bianca Van ZileBinghamton BCornell E1020
Vincent MisterkiewiczCornell EBinghamton B1020