Samiilo Vasyliovych Velychko ( uk, Самі́йло Васи́льович Вели́чко) (1670–after 1728 ) — was a

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Cossack nobleman and

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who wrote the first systematic presentation of the history of the

Cossack Hetmanate The Cossack Hetmanate ( uk, Гетьманщина, Hetmanshchyna; or ''Cossack state''), officially the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia ( uk, Військо Запорозьке, Viisko Zaporozke, links=no; la, Exercitus Zaporoviensis) ...

Life

He was born in the family of the Cossack Vasily Velychko in the village of Zhuky of the first hundred

Poltava regiment The Poltava Regiment ( uk, Полтавський полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Poltava, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The Poltava Re ...

. His father was able to write, was a man of wisdom and respected and had a large library. Successfully passed entrance exams to the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium, which at that time was one of the most reputable educational institutions in

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. Successfully graduated from college before 1690. From this year he took office as the clerk of the General Military Chancellery, headed by Vasyl Kochubey. Velichko also fulfilled the special orders of Vasyl Kochubey, "the most necessary and secret at that time military affairs," even those who went to the

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, and the cipher (encrypted) letters to the owners of Volosky and Muntyansky. Via Velychko there was correspondence, which Ivan Mazepa did not know. In this status, he has served 15 years.

Writings

Honoring memory

Unfortunately, the grave of Samiilo Velychko has not survived to this day. And in the center of the village Zhuky, on the top, near the chapel of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and the mound of memory, a granite boulder was set up, which symbolizes the last shelter of the famous historian of the Cossack. Today, in the village where Samiilo Velychko was born, lived and worked, the memorial complex of the glory of the Ukrainian Cossacks was erected. In 2010, the first complex of memory of the dead Cossacks was opened. In 2003, in order to honor the memory of the glorious Cossack chronicler, the son of Poltava region, and the presentation of the best examples of national culture in the context of the creativity of one of its founders, the regional literary award named after Samiil Wielicz was initiated. In 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative

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with a face value of ₴10, dedicated to Samiilo Velychko.

References

Literature

Velychko, Samiilo.— Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
* Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine: 10 volumes. uk, П. М. Сас.}
Величко Самійло Васильович та його літопис
// Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — К. : Наук. думка, 2003. — Т. 1 : А — В. — С. 472. — * Velychko S. V. Chronicle. Vol. 1, Vol. 2 uk, Величко С. В. Літопис.}

/ Пер. з книжної української мови, комент. В. О. Шевчука; Відп. ред. О. В. Мишанич.— К.: Дніпро, 1991. (т. І) (т. 2) * The village of Zhuky is the birthplace of the chronicler Samiilo Velychko: a collection of materials for the scientific conference. uk, Село Жуки – батьківщина літописця Самійла Величка: збірник матеріалів наукової конференції / Ред. кол.: Л. В. Бабенко, М. М. Кононенко (голова), А. Г. Логвиненко та ін.; О. Б. Супруненко (відп. ред.) / ЦП НАН України і УТОПІК; УК ПОДА; ПКМ імені Василя Кричевського; Полтавська районна рада.— К.; Полтава: ЦП НАНУ і УТОПІК, 2017.— 80 с., іл. * Chronicle of events in south-western Russia in the XVIIth century: n 4 volumes./ Compiled by Samoil Velichko, former clerk of the office of the Zaporozhsky troops, 1720. Published by the Temporary Commission for the analysis of ancient acts. - Kiev: In the litho-typographical institution of Joseph Wallner; 1848-1864

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