Chortomlyk Sich
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47°31′41″N 34°13′05″E / 47.52807°N 34.21803°E
Chortomlyk Sich | |||||||||
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| 1652–1709 | |||||||||
.svg) Coat of arms
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| Status | Cossack host | ||||||||
| Capital | Chortomlyk island | ||||||||
| Common languages | Ruthenian, Ukrainian | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Kish otaman, i.a. | |||||||||
• 1652–? | Fedir Lutay | ||||||||
• 1654-57, 1658-59 | Pavlo Homin | ||||||||
| Ivan Sirko | |||||||||
• 1702, 1703-06, 1708-09 | Kost Hordiienko | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Establishment under Hetmanate | 1652 | ||||||||
• Disbandment by Tsardom of Russia | 1709 | ||||||||
| Currency | All European currencies | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Great Meadow, Ukraine | ||||||||
The Chortomlyk Sich (also Old Sich) was a sich founded by Cossacks led by kish otaman Fedir Lutay in the summer of 1652 on the right bank of the Chortomlyk distributary of the Dnieper near the current village of Kapulivka.[1]
The Sich lasted until May 25, 1709, when it was destroyed by Moscow's punitive expedition undertaken in response to the support of Hetman Ivan Mazepa by Zaporozhian Cossacks.[2]