Yakiv Federovych Barabash ( uk, Яків Федорович Барабаш) died in September 1658) 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 ...
Otaman
Ataman (variants: ''otaman'', ''wataman'', ''vataman''; Russian: атаман, uk, отаман) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military command ...
(1657–58) who opposed
Hetman
( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders.
Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...
Ivan Vyhovsky
Ivan Vyhovsky ( uk, Іван Виговський; pl, Iwan Wyhowski / Jan Wyhowski; date of birth unknown, died 1664), a Ukrainian military and political figure and statesman, served as hetman of the Zaporizhian Host and of the Cossack Hetma ...
.
In 1657 he and
Poltava polkovnyk
''Polkovnik'' (russian: полковник, lit=regimentary; pl, pułkownik) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandin ...
Martyn Pushkar
Martyn Pushkar (; died 1 June 1658) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader. From 1648 he was polkovnik of Poltava regiment. After Bohdan Khmelnytsky's death, Pushkar, being one of the senior colonels in the Hetman State, was considered a candida ...
led a pro-
Muscovy revolt against Vyhovsky, who was generally pro-
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
in his policies. The revolt ended in June 1658 near
Poltava, when Vyhovsky and his
cossacks defeated the rebellion. Barabash was later captured and executed.
References
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*Ihor Pidkova (editor), Roman Shust (editor),
Dovidnyk z istorii Ukrainy, 3 Volumes,
Kiev, 1993-1999, (t. 1), (t. 2), (t. 3). Article
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17th-century Ukrainian people
1658 deaths
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Cossack rebels
Russian people of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
18th-century executions
Year of birth unknown