Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny ( uk, Петро Конашевич-Сагайдачний; pl, Piotr Konaszewicz-Sahajdaczny; born about 1582 in
Kulchytsi
Kulchytsi ( uk, Ку́льчиці, historic name — Кульчачке, Кольчиці, pl, Kulczyce) is a village (''selo''), which is located in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Ralivka rural hromada, one of ...
, today
Sambir Raion
Sambir Raion ( uk, Самбірський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Sambir. Population: . It was established in 1965.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, t ...
– 20 April 1622 in
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 populat ...
) was a Ukrainian Cossack political and civic leader, Hetman of
Zaporozhian 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 1616 to 1622, a military leader of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth both on land and sea. While being a hetman, he transformed the
Cossack Host
A Cossack host ( uk, козацьке військо, translit=kozatske viisko; russian: каза́чье во́йско, ''kazachye voysko''), sometimes translated as Cossack army, was an administrative subdivision of Cossack
The Cossac ...
from an irregular military formation into a regular army. Under his leadership, the Cossacks, the Orthodox clergy and peasants of Ukraine began to emerge as a united nation. His troops played a significant role in the Battle of Khotyn against the
Turks
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Russia
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in 1618.
In 2011 he was
canonized
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in the
Orthodox Church of Ukraine
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The church was united at the unifi ...
as a
Right-Believing Right-Believing (russian: благоверный, el, εὐσεβής, la, pius), also called under the prefix The most Orthodox, is an Orthodox saint title for monarchs who were canonized for a righteous life. They do not belong to martyrs or p ...
hetman. On 20 April 2022 he was further declared by Metropolitan Epifaniy patron saint of the military forces of Ukraine.
Early life
Petro Konashevych was born in
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...
in the village of Kulchytsy (
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
land) three miles away from
Sambir
Sambir ( uk, Самбір, pl, Sambor, yi, סאמבאָר, Sambor) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sambir Raion (district) and is located close to the border with Poland. Sambir hosts t ...
in the
Ruthenian Voivodeship
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into a
Ukrainian
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noble
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family. His father's surname was Kononovych. He graduated from
Ostroh Academy
Ostroh Academy ( pl, Akademia Ostrogska) was an academy located in Ostróg, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is considered to be the first institution of higher education in the territory of present-day Ukraine, dating to 1576 and founded by ...
in
Volhynia
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. His school mate was Meletiy Smotrytskyi, author of the '' Hramatyka'' book, by which many generations of Ukrainians, Russians, and
Belarusians
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learned the Slavic language grammatics. From an early age he learnt the weapon and horsemanship skills. He joined to the cossacks of
Zaporozhian Host
Zaporozhian Host (or Zaporizhian Sich) is a term for a military force inhabiting or originating from Zaporizhzhia, the territory beyond the rapids of the Dnieper River in what is Central Ukraine today, from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
These in ...
and took a part in cossack military expeditions to
Moldavia
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in 1600 and
Livonia
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in 1601. His talent in a military strategy, courage and ability to show leadership under great adversity and hardship were acquired by cossacks leader (
otaman
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Lviv
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, and after to Kiev, where he became the assistant and tutor of the Kyivan judge I. Aksak family.
Career
Early Turkish campaign
By the end of the 16th century, Sahaidachny traveled to
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
, where in 1605, he was elected as a
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 ...
of the Zaporozhian Host cossacks. Under his control, the Host participated in campaigns against the
Crimean Tatars
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...
and the Turks. The Сossacks fleet captured the
Turkish
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fortress
Varna
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, burned and destroyed a strong
Turkish navy
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The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was establi ...
(10,000 ships). He is famous for his sea sorties on Crimea and Turkey and in 1616 captured Caffa (
) on the Crimean peninsula, the largest center of the
slave trade
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. He released from slavery many Christian men, women and children.
Muscovite campaign
In 1618, Sahaidachny joined the anti-Turkish Holy League. While he was battling the Turks, the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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requested his assistance for war with Muscovy (Russian Tsardom); they wanted him to provide
Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa; lt, Vladislovas Vaza; sv, Vladislav IV av Polen; rus, Владислав IV Ваза, r=Vladislav IV Vaza; la, Ladislaus IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of ...
, the King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with 20,000 Cossacks near
Moscow
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. Sahaidachny did, and seized the forts in the cities of
Putivl
Putyvl′Frank SysynBetween Poland and the Ukraine: The Dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600-1653 - P. 25. (, ) or Putivl′ ( rus, Пути́вль, p=pʊˈtʲivlʲ) is a city in north-east Ukraine, in Sumy Oblast. The city served as the administrative c ...
,
Kursk
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,
Livny
Livny (russian: Ливны, p=ˈlʲivnɨ) is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia. As of 2018, it had a population of 47,221. :ru:Ливны#cite note-2018AA-3
History
The town is believed to have originated in 1586 as Ust-Livny, a wooden fort on th ...
,
Yelets
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History
Yelets is the oldest center of the Central Black Earth Region. It was ment ...
and many others. Near
Serpukhov
Serpukhov ( rus, Серпухов, p=ˈsʲɛrpʊxəf) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Oka and the Nara Rivers, south from Moscow ( from Moscow Ring Road) on the Moscow—Simferopol highway. The Moscow— T ...
Sahaidachny forced the Muscovite army to flee. The Muscovite troops under command of the
voivode
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G. Volkonsky forced the Cossacks to take a detour, but were unable to stop the advance of the Cossacks regiments to Moscow. In September 1618 he forced to flee the army of another Muscovite nobleman, Vasilii Buturlin. Later, the united army of
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ( lt, Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius, be, Ян Караль Хадкевіч ; 1561 – 24 September 1621) was a military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from ...
and Sahaidachny sieged Moscow and on 11 October unsuccessfully attempted to take the
Arbat Gates
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The square is home to the Arb ...
.
In late October, the army of Sahaidachny moved in a raid towards the south from Moscow. During this raid the army captured the city of Serpukhov, and in early December it captured
Kaluga
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.
John III Sobieski
John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
Born into Polish nobility, Sobie ...
wrote that this successful raid caused panic among the Russians and forced them to conclude negotiations as soon as possible. The whole campaign finally culminated in December 1618 by signing the
Truce of Deulino
The Truce of Deulino (also known as Peace or Treaty of Dywilino) concluded the Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618) between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia. It was signed on 11 December 1618 and took effect on 4 Jan ...
, resulting in the greatest territorial expansion of the Commonwealth.
The Cossacks' invasion of Muscovy has been described by Ukrainian historian Valery Smolyi as "not the best page of Sahaidachny's biography". Sahaidachy and his cossacks had been positioning themselves as supporters of the Orthodox Christianity and potential allies of Muscovy.Valery Smolyi, "Peter Sahadachny: knight, politician, man". ''Vitchizna', 13, #1, 189-194 (1990) (Валерій Смолий, Петро Сагайдачний: воїн, політік, людина. Вїтчизна, 13, №1, 189-194 (1990)) However, they left the "bloody trace" which extended from Livny to Moscow and back to Kaluga and Kiev. In research of Russian, Ukrainian and American historians Cossacks have been blamed for destroying and robbing Orthodox churches, cities and villages, killing children and women, who belonged to Orthodox (Greek) Christianity.
Later, Sahaidachny asked Patriarch Teophanes III of Jerusalem to forgive him for such behavior.
Sahaidachny returned to Zaporizhia, and did not only become a kosh otaman, but was also the
Hetman of Ukraine
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Brief history
As a head of state the position was establi ...
. (Another source claims that in 1621 he was a colonel of the Commonwealth Registered Cossacks regiment.) In order to avoid conflict with the Poles, Sahaidachny agreed to limit the Cossack register to 3,000 men; the remainder were regarded as peasants ("kholopy"). He also banned unauthorized Cossack sea raids to Turkey and the king gave Sahaidachny the right to be called an elder of the Cossacks ("starshina").
Restoration of the Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchy
Not only did Sahaidachny fight for control, he also fought for the religious and cultural rights of the
Ukrainian people
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. In 1620, he registered himself and his entire Zaporozhian Host as students into the Kiev Epiphany Brotherhood School, that preceded the current
Kyiv Mohyla Academy
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. It was done in order to protect the school from conversion from an Orthodox school into a
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Jesuit Collegium. He also contributed to the establishment of a cultural center in Kiev and sought to unite the Cossack military with the Ukrainian clergy and nobility.
In early 1620 Sahaidachny sent an envoy to the Russian tsar. At this time there was the
Patriarch
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Teophanes III of Jerusalem and this envoy held talks with him about the possibility of his arrival in Ukraine.
In 1620, Sahaidachny convinced Patriarch Teophanes III, who recently returned from Moscow, to reconstruct the
Orthodox
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hierarchy, that was almost destroyed by the creation of the Greek-Catholic Church.
Patriarch Teophanes III of Jerusalem blamed Cossacks for the participation in the Muscovy campaign saying that damnation have been put on them for this, because Muscovites are Orthodox Christians and in a future they never would fight again against them.
The patriarch appointed Iov Boretsky as a Kievan
Metropolitan bishop
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Originally, the term referred to the b ...
and five other bishops at the same time. Because the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had threatened to arrest Teophanes III as a spy, Sahaidachny was guaranteed his protection by the patriarch. After the new metropoliten and bishops were installed, Sahaidachny escorted the patriarch to the Ottoman border with a 3,000 men Cossack army.
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth accepted the appointment, because it wanted to keep close contacts with Sahaidachny after the Turks defeated the Polish army at the
Battle of Ţuţora (1620)
The Battle of Cecora (also known as the ''Battle of Țuțora'') was a battle during the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–21) between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (aided by rebel Moldavian troops) and Ottoman forces (backed by Nogais), fou ...
.
Because of Sahaidachny's moderate policies towards Commonwealth, he provoked dissatisfaction among the Cossacks, and in 1620, they briefly elected
Yatsko Borodavka
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as hetman.
Battle of Khotyn
In 1621, the famous Battle of Khotyn had occurred, where close to 80,000 Cossacks and Polish troops fought against 160,000 Turkish army. The battle held at bay for a whole month, until the first snow compelled
Osman II
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to withdraw his weakened forces. Sahaidachny and his army played a significant role in the battle, forcing the Turks to sign an unfavorable peace treaty. During the battle, Sahaidachny was seriously wounded. After the battle, the Polish king sent Sahaidachny a sword in recognition of his services.
Death
On 20 April 1622 Sahaidachny died in Kiev from wounds he suffered at the Battle of Khotyn. He was later buried in the Bratsky Monastery of Kiev. He left his assets to the brotherhood schools in Kiev and Lviv for church causes. His legacy was so great, that most of the population of Kiev attended his funeral ''en masse''. Sahaidachny's work, ''About Union'', was highly regarded by the Lithuanian Kanclerz
Lew Sapieha
Lew Sapieha ( lt, Leonas Sapiega; be, Леў Сапега or Lieŭ Sapieha; 4 April 1557 – 7 July 1633) was a nobleman and statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He became Great Secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1580, Gr ...
. In 1646,
John III Sobieski
John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
Born into Polish nobility, Sobie ...
, a monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, said the following about Sahaidachny:
Polish historian Jan Widacki wrote that Konashevych-Sahaidachny was among Zaporozhian hetmans the one most loyal to
Poland
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. He was a supporter of the Polish-Ukrainian military cooperation against the enemies of the Commonwealth.
flagship
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of the
Ukrainian Navy
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for over 20 years.
* National Ground Forces Academy in Lviv is named after hetman Petro Sahaydachyi.
* In 2001 a monument dedicated to Petro Konashevich-Sagaydachniy was erected in
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 populat ...
, on
Kontraktova Square
Square of Contracts or Contract Square ( uk, Контрактова площа, translit.: ''Kontraktova ploshcha'') is a square in the historic Podil neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The square is an important economic, cultural, ...
. The authors of the monument are Valeriy Shvetsov, Oles Sydoruk and
Boris Krylov
Borys Yuriyovich Krylov ( uk, Борис Юрійович Крилов, born 6 August 1976) is a Ukrainian sculptor, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (since 2012), and a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (sin ...
.
* After the March
2014 Russian annexation of Crimea
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The events in Kyiv th ...
the monument to Konashevych-Sahaidachny in
Sevastopol
Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
was removed and handed over to
Kharkiv
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, there are a number of Petro Sahaidachny streets.
* In honor of Petro Sagaydachny, a higher military educational institution was named - the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sagaydachny
File:Het'man Sahaidachnyi ide na chornomu mori 2012-07-17.jpg, Krivak class frigate ''Hetman Sahaydachniy'' was the flagship of the
Ukrainian navy
The Military Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Військо́во-морські́ си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни, ВМС ЗСУ) is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Arme ...
until scuttled in
Mykolaiv
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on the 28th of February during the
2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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to prevent it's capture by Russian forces.
File:Kontraktova Square with Sahaidachny.jpg, Equestrian of Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny at
Kontraktova Square
Square of Contracts or Contract Square ( uk, Контрактова площа, translit.: ''Kontraktova ploshcha'') is a square in the historic Podil neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The square is an important economic, cultural, ...
in
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 populat ...
File:Monument to Petro Konashevych Sahaidachny Kharkiv Ukraine 2016.jpg, Monument to Konashevych-Sahaidachny in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Manhush; unveiled in October 2017,Dedicated to the heroes Broadcasting Company «MTV» Mariupol television»(13 October 2017) dismantled on 7 May 2022
See also
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List of Ukrainian rulers
This is a list that encompasses and includes all reigning leaders/rulers in the history of Ukraine.
This page includes the titles of the Grand Prince of Kyiv, Grand Prince of Chernigov, Grand Prince of Pereyaslavl, Grand Prince of Galicia ...
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Lubomyr Wynar
Liubomyr Roman Vynar or Lubomyr Wynar ( ua, Любомир Роман Винар, 2 January 1932 – 16 April 2017) was a Ukrainian-American scholar and historian. Wynar was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) and studied history at the Lud ...