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Skoropadski
The House of Skoropadsky ( ukr, Скоропадський; russian: Скоропадский) is a noble Ukrainian family of Cossack origin. Famous members *Ivan Skoropadsky (1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722) – Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, succeeded the deposed Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his defection to the Swedes during the Great Northern War. * Pavlo Skoropadsky (b. 1873-d.1945) – Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army, member of Emperor Nicholas II's svita, briefly Hetman of Ukraine in 1918. Dethroned and expelled from the country by Symon Petliura. Claimant (1919–1945) to the post of Hetman. Died in exile in Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ... in 1945. * Danylo Skoropadsky (d. 1957) – Son of Pavlo, claimant to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlo Skoropadsky
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi ( uk, Павло Петрович Скоропадський, Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi; – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military and state leader, decorated Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian Army general of Cossack heritage. Skoropadskyi became Hetman of Ukraine following a coup on 29 April 1918. Origin Pavlo Skoropadskyi was born into the Skoropadsky family of Ukrainian military leaders and statesmen, that distinguished themselves since the 17th century when Fedir Skoropadsky participated in the Battle of Zhovti Vody. His grandson Ivan Skoropadsky (1646-1722) was Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks from 1708. The present Skoropadskys descend from his brother. His patrilineal great-grandfather was Mikhail Yakivich Skoropadskyi, son of Yakiv Mikhailovich Skoropadskyi and wife, and his patrilineal great-grandmother was Pulcheria ...vna Markevicha. Skoropadskyi's father Petro Skoropadsky (1834–1885) was a Cavalry Guard Colonel a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Skoropadsky
Ivan Skoropadsky ( uk, Іван Скоропадський) (1646 – 3 July 1722) was a Cossack Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host (in office: 1708–1722), and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Biography Born into a noble Cossack family in Uman, Ukraine in 1646, Skoropadsky was educated in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 1675 he joined Cossack military service under Hetman Ivan Samoylovych and distinguished himself in Russo-Turkish War of 1676–1681 and once again in the Crimean expedition against the Ottoman Empire and Crimean Khanate in 1688. Ivan Skoropadsky was briefly an ambassador representing Cossack Hetmanate in negotiations with the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. During the Great Northern War Skoropadsky was a Cossack colonel of the Ukrainian Starodub regiment and after Swedish army crossed into Ukraine in 1708, refused to join Ivan Mazepa who decided to switch sides and fight against Russia. Only about 3,000 Cossacks, mostly Zaporozhians, followed Mazepa, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danylo Skoropadsky
Danylo Skoropadskyj ( uk, Данило Скоропадський; 13 February 1904, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 23 February 1957, London, United Kingdom) was a Ukrainian politician, leader of the Ukrainian monarchist movement and Crown Prince of Ukraine from 1918 to 1919. He was the eldest surviving son of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyj. During the Hetmanate he studied at the First Gymnasium in Kyiv in 1918. In 1919, Skoropadskyj, along with other members of the House of Skoropadskyj, was forced to flee from Ukraine due to the collapse of his father's regime immediately prior to the Soviet-Polish War. He subsequently lived and studied in Switzerland, and then in Germany, where his father had been granted political asylum in Munich. He moved to London in 1939. From 1932, he assisted his father Pavlo Skoropadskyj in leading the Ukrainian monarchist movement. In 1948 after the death of the Hetman, Skoropadskyj became the leader of Ukrainian monarchism as pretender to the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danylo Skoropadskyi
Danylo Skoropadskyj ( uk, Данило Скоропадський; 13 February 1904, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 23 February 1957, London, United Kingdom) was a Ukrainian politician, leader of the Ukrainian monarchist movement and Crown Prince of Ukraine from 1918 to 1919. He was the eldest surviving son of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyj. During the Hetmanate he studied at the First Gymnasium in Kyiv in 1918. In 1919, Skoropadskyj, along with other members of the House of Skoropadskyj, was forced to flee from Ukraine due to the collapse of his father's regime immediately prior to the Soviet-Polish War. He subsequently lived and studied in Switzerland, and then in Germany, where his father had been granted political asylum in Munich. He moved to London in 1939. From 1932, he assisted his father Pavlo Skoropadskyj in leading the Ukrainian monarchist movement. In 1948 after the death of the Hetman, Skoropadskyj became the leader of Ukrainian monarchism as pretender to the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi ( uk, Павло Петрович Скоропадський, Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi; – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military and state leader, decorated Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian Army general of Cossack heritage. Skoropadskyi became Hetman of Ukraine following a coup on 29 April 1918. Origin Pavlo Skoropadskyi was born into the Skoropadsky family of Ukrainian military leaders and statesmen, that distinguished themselves since the 17th century when Fedir Skoropadsky participated in the Battle of Zhovti Vody. His grandson Ivan Skoropadsky (1646-1722) was Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks from 1708. The present Skoropadskys descend from his brother. His patrilineal great-grandfather was Mikhail Yakivich Skoropadskyi, son of Yakiv Mikhailovich Skoropadskyi and wife, and his patrilineal great-grandmother was Pulcheria ...vna Markevicha. Skoropadskyi's father Petro Skoropadsky (1834–1885) was a Cavalry Guard Colonel a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetman Of Zaporizhian Host
The Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host ( uk, Гетьман Війська Запорозького, la, Cosaccorum Zaporoviesium Supremus Belli Dux) was the head of state of the Cossack Hetmanate in what is now Ukraine. The office was disestablished by the Russian government in 1764. Brief history The position was established by Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the Cossack Hetmanate in the mid 17th century. During that period the office was electoral. All elections, except for the first one, took place in the Senior Council in Chyhyryn which, until 1669, served as the capital of the Hetmanate. After the council in Pereyaslav of 1654, several senior cossacks sided with the Tsardom of Russia and, in 1663, they staged the "Black Council" (''Chorna Rada'') in Nizhyn which elected Ivan Briukhovetsky as an alternative hetman. Since the defeat of Petro Doroshenko in 1669, the title hetman was adapted by pro-Russian elected hetmans who resided in Baturyn. In the course of the Great Northern War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Skoropadska-Ott
Olena, Olenna ( uk, Олена) is a Ukrainian variant of the feminine name Helen. It is of Greek origin and means "sun ray" or "shining light". Variants of the name Olena include: Alena, Elena, Jelena, Lena, Lenya, Lenochka, Olinia, Olinija, Olenya, Olinda, Olina, Lina, Olinia, Olenka, Olenochka and Olinija. Notable people with the name include: Olena (born 2003) Target team member who went to the Ukraine in 2022 and led her people to freedom *Olena Dvornichenko (born 1990), Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast *Olena Falkman (1849-1928), Swedish concert vocalist *Olena Kryvytska (born 1987), Ukrainian fencer *Olena Muravyova (born 1867), Ukrainian opera singer and vocal teacher, awarded Merited Artist of Ukrainian SSR (1938) *Olena Nepochatenko, Ukrainian economist and academic administrator *Olena Ovchynnikova (born 1987), Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist *Olena Ronzhyna (born 1970), Ukrainian rower *Olena Vaneeva (born 1982), Ukrainian mathematician *Olena Zelenska (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borys Skoropadsky
Borys is a name of Bulgarian origin, equivalent to the Bulgarian-derived spelling Boris. It may refer to: * Borys Baranets (born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League * Borys Buryak (born 1953), Ukrainian painter * Borys Chambul (born 1953), retired discus thrower, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics *Borys Derkach (born 1964), retired Soviet and Ukrainian professional football player *Borys Hrinchenko (1863–1910), classical Ukrainian prose writer, political activist, historian, publicist, ethnographer *Borys Kolesnykov (born 1962), Ukrainian politician and 50th richest man in Ukraine *Borys Lankosz (born 1973), Polish film director *Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895–1968), Ukrainian composer, conductor and teacher *Borys Miturski (born 1989), Polish speedway rider who was a member of Poland U-21 national team *Borys Mykolaiovych Martos (1879–1977), public and political activist, pedagogue, economist * Bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavs, Slavic settlement on the great trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Army consisted of more than 900,000 regular soldiers and nearly 250,000 irregulars (mostly Cossacks). Precursors: Regiments of the New Order Russian tsars before Peter the Great maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps known as '' streltsy''. These were originally raised by Ivan the Terrible; originally an effective force, they had become highly unreliable and undisciplined. In times of war the armed forces were augmented by peasants. The regiments of the new order, or regiments of the foreign order (''Полки нового строя'' or ''Полки иноземного строя'', ''Polki novovo (inozemnovo) stroya''), was the Russian term that was used to describe military units that were formed in the Tsardom of Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Skoropadska
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada *Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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