Hryhoriy Savych Chorny ( uk, Григорій (Грицько) Савич Чорний, pl, Hryćko Czarny), died 1630, was a

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of the

Dnieper Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...

from 1628 to 1630 who represented the

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while the larger bulk of unregistered ones elected Taras Fedorovych ''(Triasylo)'' as their popular leader. In 1628 Chorny along with

Mykhailo Doroshenko Mykhailo Doroshenko ( uk, Михайло Дорошенко; died 1628) was the Hetman of the registered Ukrainian Cossacks from 1623 to 1628. Brief biography He was elevated to the rank of Cossack colonel in 1616, and he was active in Petro ...

took part in the

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n campaign against the

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. Following Doroshenko's death both Fedorovych and Chorny laid their claim to Hetmanship while only the latter's claim was recognized by the

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despite Fedorovych's unquestionably larger popular support. As a Hetman, Chorny conducted pro-Polish policies, particularly aimed at suppression and control of the rank and file of the unregistered Cossacks. During the popular Fedorovych Uprising of unregistered Cossacks and peasants Chorny was captured by the rebels and had to stand trial before a Cossack military tribunal. He was found guilty and sentenced to death for the support of the Polish policies and the

Union of Brest The Union of Brest (; ; ; ) was the 1595–96 decision of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church eparchies (dioceses) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to break relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church and to enter into communion with, and place i ...

, a subtle attempt of Catholicization of unwilling traditionally

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Ukrainians. Chorny was beheaded in Borovytsi, currently a village in Chyhyrynskyi Raion (

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) of

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(

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Kiev, 1993-1999, (t. 1), (t. 2), (t. 3). Article

* Kubiyovych, Volodymyr, Kuzelia, Zenon. ''Енциклопедія українознавства (Encyclopedia of Ukrainian studies)'', 3 volumes (1994). Article: "Hryhoriy Chorny". Kiev. *

Mykhailo Hrushevsky Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky ( uk, Михайло Сергійович Грушевський, Chełm, – Kislovodsk, 24 November 1934) was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figure ...

, edited by O. J. Frederiksen. ''A History of Ukraine''. New Haven:

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: 1941. Hetmans of the Zaporozhian Cossacks 1630 deaths Year of birth unknown Executed Ukrainian people 17th-century executions Catholicisation {{Ukraine-hist-stub