Polkovnik

Polkovnik (Russian: полковник, Polish: pułkownik, Ukrainian: полковник, Czech: plukovník; literally "regimentary") is often a military rank in Slavic countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states. However, in the Ukraine, polkovnyk was an administrative rank similar to a governor. Usually this word is translated as colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context.