Yakiv Yukhymovych Lyzohub ( uk, Яків Юхимович Лизогуб; russian: Яков Ефимович Лизогуб, ''Yakov Yefimovich Lizogub'') was a military and political figure 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) ...

and a member of a well known

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family of Lyzohub. He was born in a family of Chernihiv Colonel Yukhym Yakovych Lyzohub and Lyubov Petrivna Doroshenko. Yakiv Lyzohub was a grandson of Hetman Petro Doroshenko. He graduated from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy that in the 19th century was transformed into the Kyiv Theological Academy on the order of the Russian Holy Synod. In 1713-28 Lyzohub was a Bunchuk General. In 1723-24 he along with Colonel

Danylo Apostol Danylo Apostol (; ; ) (1654–1734), was a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734. Brief biography Born in a Cossack family of Moldavian origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, ''polkovnyk'' (colonel) of the Myrhorod ...

and Yesavul General Vasyl Zhurakovsky was imprisoned by Peter the Great in the

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as a members of

Pavlo Polubotok Pavlo Polubotok ( uk, Павло Леонтійович Полуботок, russian: Павел Леонтьевич Полуботок, pl, Paweł Połubotok; born around 1660, died on 29 December 1724), was a Ukrainian Cossack political and mili ...

's party. After the release Lyzohub was forced to live for sometime in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. During the hetman rule of

, in 1728 he was promoted to the rank of Quartermaster General. After the death of Danylo Apostol in 1734, Lyzohub was placed as an Appointed Hetman in the

Governing Council of the Hetman Office Governing Council of the Hetman Office ( uk, Правління гетьманського уряду) was a provisional form of the Collegium of Little Russia in the Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine that was established by Anna of Russia in 1734. It ...

which was controlled by Russian residents in Ukraine Prince Alexei Shakhovskiy at first and later - Prince Ivan Baryatinskiy,

Alexander Rumyantsev Alexander Rumyantsev or Aleksander Rumyantsev may refer to: *Alexander Rumyantsev (nobleman) Count Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev (russian: Александр Иванович Румянцев) (1677–1749) was an assistant of Peter the Great ...

and others. Lyzohub at that time commanded corps of Ukrainian Cossacks, performed functions as hetman and participated in number of military campaigns along with the Russian field marshal

Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich (, tr. ; – ) was a German-born army officer who became a field marshal and political figure in the Russian Empire. He carried out major reforms in the Russian Army and founded several elite militar ...

(

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and raid of Crimean Khanate in 1736–37). After couple of "palace coup d'etat", Lyzohub vouched for reinstating the institute of Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks. Lyzohub had two brothers Andriy and Semen.

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Lyzohubs
at the Institute of History of Ukraine website.

at the

Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was creat ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyzohub, Yakiv Acting Hetmans (Ukrainian Cossacks) 1675 births 1749 deaths People from Cherkasy Oblast People from the Cossack Hetmanate Yakiv Doroshenko family Obozni General of the Cossack Hetmanate Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)

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