Pavlo Holovaty
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Pavlo Andriyovych Holovaty (1715–1795) was a Ukrainian
military figure, a Kosh Otoman of the Zaporozhian Sich and last military judge of the Zaporozhian Cossack Host
. He is often confused with his younger brother, the leader of the Zaporozahian Host's successor the Black Sea Cossack Host
Antin Holovaty
.
and educated together with his younger brother at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
With the destruction of the Zaporozhian Sich in 1775, many of the more senior Cossacks were repressed by the Russian government. Pavlo was one of those arrested with the last Zaporozhian koshovy Petro Kalnyshevsky
. Both Holovaty and Kalnyshevsky spent a year incarcerated in Moscow, and were given death sentences which was later commuted to lifetime incarceration .
He was sent to Toblosk and incarcerated at the Znamensky monastery until his death.
His brother Antin Holovaty was able to bypass these repressions, however they impacted his further activities.
Ukraine
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military figure, a Kosh Otoman of the Zaporozhian Sich and last military judge of the Zaporozhian Cossack Host
Zaporozhian Host
The Zaporozhian Cossacks or simply Zaporozhians were Ukrainian Cossacks who lived beyond the rapids of the Dnieper river, the land also known as the Great Meadow in Central Ukraine...
. He is often confused with his younger brother, the leader of the Zaporozahian Host's successor the Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host , also known as Chernomoriya , was a Cossack host of the Russian Empire created in 1787 in the southern Ukraine from former Zaporozhian Cossacks. In the 1790s, the host was re-settled to the Kuban River...
Antin Holovaty
Antin Holovaty
Antin Holovaty or Anton Golovaty ; between 1732 and 1744 – ) was a prominent Zaporozhian Cossack leader who after the Zaporozhian Sich's destruction was a key figure in the formation of the Black Sea Cossack Host and their later resettlement to the Kuban Region of Russia.- Early years...
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Biography
Pavlo Holovaty was born in KievKiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
and educated together with his younger brother at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
With the destruction of the Zaporozhian Sich in 1775, many of the more senior Cossacks were repressed by the Russian government. Pavlo was one of those arrested with the last Zaporozhian koshovy Petro Kalnyshevsky
Petro Kalnyshevsky
Kalnyshevsky Petro was the last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host, serving in 1762 and from 1765 to 1775. Kalnyshevsky was the Hero in the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774 and was honoured with a gold medal with brilliants for courage.Being the leader of the Zaporozhian Host, Kalnyshevsky...
. Both Holovaty and Kalnyshevsky spent a year incarcerated in Moscow, and were given death sentences which was later commuted to lifetime incarceration .
He was sent to Toblosk and incarcerated at the Znamensky monastery until his death.
His brother Antin Holovaty was able to bypass these repressions, however they impacted his further activities.
Sources
- (In Ukrainian) H. Kvitka-Osnovianenko - Holovatyi in: Zaporozhtsi. Istoriyi Kozatskoyi kultury Kyiv, 1993. p.`130-140
- A. Kaschenko - Opovidannia pro Slavne vijsko zaporoz'ke nyzove - Kyiv, 1992. (The story about the Glory of the army of lower Zaporizhzhia)
- Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Cossacks - Published by the Zaporizhia State University
- Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Cossacks - Kyiv, 2006,
See also
- Zaporozhian HostZaporozhian HostThe Zaporozhian Cossacks or simply Zaporozhians were Ukrainian Cossacks who lived beyond the rapids of the Dnieper river, the land also known as the Great Meadow in Central Ukraine...
- Zaporizhian SichZaporizhian SichZaporizhian Sich was socio-political, grassroot, military organization of Ukrainian cossacks placed beyond Dnieper rapids. Sich existed between the 16th and 18th centuries in the region around the today's Kakhovka Reservoir...
- History of the CossacksHistory of the Cossacks- Early history :The origins of the first Cossacks are uncertain. The traditional historiography dates the emergence of Cossacks to the 14-15th centuries...