Ivan Skoropadsky

Ivan Skoropadskyj (Ukrainian Іван Скоропадський, scientific transliteration Ivan Skoropads'kyj; * to 1646 in Uman, .. † 3 Julijul / July 14 1722greg in Hluchiw ) was Ataman of the Ukrainian Cossacks 1708-1722 He was the successor of Ivan. Mazepa.

Skoropadskyj was born in a noble Cossack family in Uman and studied in Kiev.

During the Great Northern War Skoropadskyj was a Cossack colonel of the Ukrainian Starodub Regiment, after the Swedish Army in 1708 marched into the Ukraine, Ivan Mazepa Peter refused to follow and switched sides. Only about 3,000 Cossacks, mostly Zaporozhian Cossacks, followed Mazepa, while most remained loyal to the Tsar. Peter ordered, which was chosen as the new Hetman Ivan Skoropadskyj on 11 November 1708.

Ivan Skoropadskyj moved the capital of Kosakenhetmanate of Baturyn, which was razed to the ground by the Russian army because of the rebellion Masepas, in the city Hluchiw. After Masepas defeat at the Battle of Poltava, Skoropadskyj tried to regain I. and obtain greater autonomy for the Hetmanate and more rights for the Cossack nobility confidence Peters.