Pylyp Orlyk
Pylyp Orlyk | |
|---|---|
| Пилип Орлик | |
| Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host (in exile) | |
| In office April 5, 1710 – May 24, 1742 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Mazepa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11 (21), 1672 Kosuta, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Kasuta, Belarus) |
| Died | May 26, 1742 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 8 children, including Grégoire Orlyk |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Mohyla Academy |
| Signature | |
Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk (Old Ukrainian: Филипп(ъ) Орлик(ъ), modern Ukrainian: Пилип Степанович Орлик; Polish: Filip Orlik; October 21 [O.S. October 11] 1672 – May 26, 1742) was a Zaporozhian Cossack statesman, diplomat and member of Cossack starshyna. Described as the first Ukrainian political emigrant, he served as the hetman in exile from 1710 to 1742. He was a close associate of hetman Ivan Mazepa, and the author of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk.