Kost Hordiyenko ( uk, Кость Гордієнко, translit=Kost Hordiienko) (unknown - 15 May 1733) was a

Zaporozhian Cossack 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 ...

Kosh otaman Kish otaman ( uk, Кошовий отаман, ; russian: Кошевой атаман, ; pl, Ataman koszowy; also known as of the Zaporizhian Host) was a chief officer of the ''Kish'' (central body of government) of the Zaporozhian Host in the 1 ...

. After 1709 he allied with

Ivan Mazepa Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (also spelled Mazeppa; uk, Іван Степанович Мазепа, pl, Jan Mazepa Kołodyński; ) was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687–1708. ...

, and co-authored the

Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution ( uk, Конституція Пилипа Орлика (''Konstytutsiya Pylypa Orlyka''), formally titled as The Treaties and Resolutions of the Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporozhian Army ( uk, Договори і П ...

. Hordiyenko was born in the

Poltava region Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

, Hetmanate. He studied at the

Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...

. Later he joined the

Zaporizhian Sich The Zaporozhian Sich ( ua, Запорозька Січ, ; also uk, Вольностi Вiйська Запорозького Низового, ; Free lands of the Zaporozhian Host the Lower) was a semi-autonomous polity and proto-state of C ...

, headed the Cossack troops (1702-1706, 1707-1709, 1710—1728). As an allied of Mazepa fought in the

Battle of Poltava The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeate ...

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* 18th-century Ukrainian people Kosh Otamans People of the Great Northern War Year of birth unknown 1733 deaths {{Ukraine-bio-stub