- Ivan Briukhovetsky
Ivan Briukhovetsky ( _uk. Іван Брюховецький) (b ?, d. 18 June 1668) was a pro-
Russia nhetman ofLeft-Bank Ukraine .He was a registered
kozak , belonging to theChyhyryn Company . He served asBohdan Khmelnytsky 's courier and diplomatic emissary. He was electedotaman (1661–3) of theZaporozhian Sich , and in 1633 he succeededIvan Vyhovsky ashetman . Briukhovetsky had the support of Moscow.When he was made Hetman, he arrested the men who had opposed him, namely colonels Samko and Vasili Zolotarenko. Later that year, all those he arrested were executed without reason.
He was pro
Russia n, and signed a treaty, theMoscow Articles of 1665 , which placedUkraine under direct control of thetsar . In return, Briukhovetsky acquired the title ofBoyar , properties, marriage to Prince Dolgoruky's daughter, and the hatred of his people. This treaty went on to be called the "Briukhovetsky treaty" and caused massive rebellion in Ukraine. His popularity among the Clergy fell when he suggested that Moscow to appoint and send ametropolitan to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.During the uproar that followed the news of what was viewed as his treason, Ukrainians began to rebel against the Tsar's forces. Briukhovetsky took part in these uprisings in an attempt to save his reputation, but it was too late. Because of his failures as hetman, in 1668 in the city of
Budyshchi , a cossack mob killed him by chaining him to a cannon and beating him to death "as if he were a mad dog." [ [http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2006/310617.shtml PERSPECTIVES: The game goes on (07/30/06) ] ]References
* W.E.D. Allen. "The Ukraine A History".
Cambridge University Press , 1941.
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=/pages/b/r/briukhovetskyivan.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine Entry]
* [http://www.hronos.km.ru/biograf/bio_b/bryuhovecky.html Biography in Online Encyclopedia "Chronos"] ru icon
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