Ivan Skoropadsky
Ivan Skoropadsky | |
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Іван Скоропадський | |
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| Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host | |
| In office 11 November 1708 – 14 July 1722 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Mazepa |
| Succeeded by | Danylo Apostol |
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| Born | 1646 Kyiv-Mohyla Academy |
Ivan Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Іван Скоропадський; Polish: Iwan Skoropadski; 1646 – 3 July [O.S. 22 June] 1722) was a Cossack Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host from 1708 to 1722, and the successor to the Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
Biography
Ivan Skoropadsky | |
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| Noble family | Skoropadsky family |
Born into a noble Cossack family in
Ivan Skoropadsky was briefly an ambassador representing
Ivan Skoropadsky moved the capital of the Cossack Hetmanate from Baturyn which was razed by the Russian army for Mazepa's rebellion, to the town of Hlukhiv. Following Mazepa's defeat in the Battle of Poltava, Skoropadsky thought to regain Peter I's trust and yet negotiate greater autonomy for the Hetmanate and greater rights for the Cossack nobility, often resisting Peter the Great's policy of incorporation of the Hetmanate lands into the Russian Empire. His careful negotiations allowed him to achieve both, and the Hetmanate regained much of its lost prominence.
In 1718 his daughter married Count Pyotr Pyotrovich Tolstoy, the son of
See also
References
- ^ John S. Reshetar Jr., The Ukrainian Revolution, 1917–1920: A Study in Nationalism, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952), 145.
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| Predecessor Ivan Mazepa |
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Hetman of Zaporizhian Host 1708–1722 |
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Successor Collegium of Little Russia )
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| Predecessor Mykhailo Myklashevsky |
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Colonel of Starodub Regiment 1706–1708 |
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Successor Lukian Zhoravka |
| Predecessor Andriy Hamalia |
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Aide-du-Camp General 1701–1706 |
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Successor Mykhailo Hamalia |
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