Andrii Abazyn

Andrii Abazyn (died 1703) was a Ukrainian colonel in the Bratislav Regiment and leader of the Cossack formations in Right-Bank Ukraine.

Between 1691 to 1696 he fought leading the Right-Bank Cossacks against the Turks and the Tatars and during the anti-Polish rebellion between 1702 and 1704 he captured the city of Nemyriv. He was eventually captured by the Poles on 20 February 1703 and later executed. [ [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pagesABAbazynAndrii.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine] ]

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