thumb|300px|A depiction of a Sich Rada from [[Dmytro Yavornytsky's Zaporozhye in the Remnants of Antiquity and the Legends of the People (1888)]]
The Sich Rada () also called the Military Council, and the Viyskova Rada (Ukrainian: Військова Рада ('Host Council')) was the highest branch of government of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
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The Sich Rada was a form of governing committee, and the highest branch of government of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
The Rada met irregularly on the central square of the Zaporozhian Sich; during the 18th century it met twice a year. Measures were adopted by a majority vote, which was estimated visually with no exact count of hands.