Mykhailo Khanenko
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Mykhailo Stepanovych Khanenko (ukr. Михайло Степанович Ханенко; ca. 1620 — 1680) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader, and hetman of Right-bank Ukraine from 1669-74.
Khanenko was the son of Zaporozhian Cossack Stepan Khanenko. In 1656, he became a colonel of Uman regiment, and fought in the Khmelnytsky uprising. He was one of the cossacks who opposed the second Treaty of Pereyaslav (October 27, 1659) between Yuri Khmelnytsky and the Russian tsar, which drastically limited the Ukranianian Cossack autonomy. In 1661, he received a noble title from King John II Casimir of Poland.
In 1669, he was proclaimed hetman of Right-bank Ukraine. He and otaman Ivan Sirko led raids on Crimea and the Turks. He was pro-Polish, and greatly opposed to rival Petro Doroshenko. He often fought Doroshenko, sometimes with Polish support.
In 1674, Khanenko suffered disaterous defeat to Doroshenko, and was forced to get the aid of Left-bank Ukraine hetman Ivan Samoylovych. He renounced all claims to power, and swore loyalty to Moscow. He was allowed to live in peace on the left bank of the Dnipro. The time and place of his death are unknown.
[edit] References
- Ihor Pidkova (editor), Roman Shust (editor), "Dovidnyk z istorii Ukrainy", 3 Volumes, "(t. 3), Kiev, 1993-1999, ISBN 5-7707-5190-8 (t. 1), ISBN 5-7707-8552-7 (t. 2), ISBN 966-504-237-8 (t. 3). Article: Ханенко Михайло (Ukrainian)
- Khanenko at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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