Nova Sich

47°31′49″N 34°09′29″E / 47.53037°N 34.15810°E / 47.53037; 34.15810

Pidpilnenska Sich
Підпільненська Сiч (Ukrainian)
1734–1775
StatusCossack host
Common languagesUkrainian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
GovernmentCossack Republic
Otaman-Hetman, Kish otaman, i.a. 
• (first) 1734, 1734—1736, 1742
Ivan Malashevych
• 1762, 1765–1775 (last)
Petro Kalnyshevsky
(12 terms)
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Established
1734
1775
CurrencyAll European currencies
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Oleshky Sich
Danubian Sich
Black Sea Cossack Host
Today part ofGreat Meadow, Ukraine

The Nova Sich (Ukrainian: Нова Січ, lit.'New Sich') or Pidpilnenska Sich (Підпільненська Січ, 'Underground / Сlandestine Sich') was the administrative and military center of the Zaporozhian Cossacks in 1734–1775, established after the return of the Zaporozhian Host's Lowland Army unto the Russian protectorate as a result of the signing of the Lubny Treaty. The last Zaporozhian Sich settled in the former lands of Davnia or Stara Sich (Ukrainian: Давня or Стара Січ, lit.'Old Sich', hence the name Nova) and centered on a large peninsula, washed by the Pidpilna River (a tributary of the Dnieper).