Kost Hordiienko
Kost Hordiyenko (Ukrainian: Кость Гордієнко, romanized: Kost Hordiienko) (unknown - 15 May 1733) was a Zaporozhian Cossack Kosh otaman. After 1709 he allied with Ivan Mazepa, and co-authored the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk.
Kost Hordiyenko Кость Гордієнко | |
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| Kosh otaman of the Zaporozhian Cossack | |
| In office 1703–1728 | |
| Preceded by | Petro Sorochynskyi |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Biletskyi |
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| Died | 15 May 1733 Poltava region, Hetmanate |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Hordiyenko was born in the Poltava region, Hetmanate. He studied at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy.[1] Later he joined the Zaporizhian Sich, headed the Cossack troops (1702-1706, 1707-1709, 1710—1728). As an ally of Mazepa, he fought in the Battle of Poltava.[2]
On 6 May 2019, the 57th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army received the honorary name of Kost Hordiienko.[3]
References
- Kashchenko, Adrian (1991). Opovidannia Pro Slavne Viisko Zaporozke Nyzove. Dnipropetrovsk: Sich. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-5-7775-0301-5.
- Subtelny, Orest (1981). The Mazepists: Ukrainian Separatism in the Early Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. pp. 47–49. ISBN 0-914710-81-8.
- ""A memorial to the fallen soldiers of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade was opened in Nova Kakhovka" [Меморіал загиблим воїнам 57-ї окремої мотопіхотної бригади відкрили в Новій Каховці]. Censor.net (in Ukrainian). 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
Literature
- Kashchenko, Adrian (1919). Kost Hordiienko-Holovko – ostannii lytsar Zaporozhzhia. Vienna-Katerynoslav: Melantrykh. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17.
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