Samiilo Velychko
Samiilo Vasyliovych Velychko (; 11 February 1670 – after 1728) was a Cossack nobility, Cossack nobleman and chronicler who wrote the first systematic presentation of the history of the Cossack Hetmanate. Life He was born in the family of the Cossack Vasily Velychko in the village of Zhuky of the first hundred Poltava regiment. His father was able to write, was a man of wisdom and respected and had a large library. Successfully passed entrance exams to the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium, which at that time was one of the most reputable educational institutions in Europe. 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 military affairs," engaging in correspondence with the Tsar, Russian tsar and sending encrypted letters to the princes of Walla ...
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