Black Colonel
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Black Colonel may refer to one of the following:
- John Farquharson, 3rd of Inverey
- Viktor AlksnisViktor AlksnisViktor Alksnis is an ethnic Latvian Russian politician and former Soviet Air Force colonel. He is the chairman of Russian Center of Free Technologies, an organization intended to promote Free Software and open standards in Russia...
, Russian politician - Black Colonels was a Soviet political derogatory term for the Greek military junta of 1967-1974Greek military junta of 1967-1974The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, alternatively "The Regime of the Colonels" , or in Greece "The Junta", and "The Seven Years" are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974...
. - Black Colonel (wine), a CrimeaCrimeaCrimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
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: Джеват-Кара (Dzhevat-Kara, Cyrillic orthography), Cevat Kara (Latin orthography)) http://www.sunvalley.com.ua/blackcolonel.html - Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesChevalier de Saint-GeorgesJoseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George was an important figures in the Paris musical scene in the second half of the 18th century as composer, conductor, and violinist. Prior to the revolution in France, he was also famous as a swordsman and equestrian...
, the first black colonel in the French army. - Charles Young (United States Army), the first black colonel in the U.S. army. (Note: some sources mention Benjamin O. DavisBenjamin O. Davis, Sr.Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. was an American general and the father of Benjamin O. Davis Jr. He was the first African-American general officer in the United States Army....
to be the first black colonel; in fact he was the first black general) - Fatulla Huseynov, first vice-president of the Azerbaijan Football Federations Association (AFFA) http://www.armeniandiaspora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5170
- Odontomyia tigrina - black colonel, a British soldierfly