Petro Kalnyshevsky

Petro Kalnyshevsky

"Kalnyshevsky Petro" (1690? – 31 October 1803) was the last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host in 1762 and during 1765 to 1775. Kalnyshevsky took part in the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774 and was honoured with a gold medal with brilliants for courage.

Being a head of the Zaporozhian Host Kalnyshevsky defended the rights of cossacks and their independence from increasing Imperial Russian Tsarist influence, and encouraged agriculture development and trade in the Zaporizhian steppe.

After the disbandment of Zaporizhian Sich by Peter Tekeli, Kalnyshevsky was arrested, tried and exiled to the Solovetsky Monastery, where he spent 26 years in a cold and dark cell. Three times a year he was allowed outside to breathe the open air. [http://kaschenko.us.org.ua/opovidannia/r06.html A.Kashchenko, History of Zaporozhian Host, in Ukrainian] ]

Being pardoned by Emperor Alexander at the age of 110 years, Kalnyshevsky (already blind at that time) decided to remain in monastery, where he died after 2 years in 1803.

ee also

*Zaporozhian Host
*Zaporizhian Sich
*History of the Cossacks

References

* [http://www.exp21.com.ua/zovlimit/67-7.htm Kalnyshevsky against Catherine II]
* [http://h.ua/story/55592/ The last Sich]
* [http://www.zn.ua/3000/3760/43641/ The last of the Atamans]


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