Samiilo Velychko

Samiilo Velychko
Memorial sign in honor of Samiilo Velychko, village Zhukyː ″Lifelong memory and honor to famous countryman, patriot, the greatest chronicler of the heroic days of the Cossacks Samiylo Velychko″
Born11 February 1670
vicinity of Poltava, Cossack Hetmanate (modern Ukraine)
Diedafter 1728
Occupationchronicler
NationalityRuthenian (Ukrainian)
Alma materKyiv Mohyla Academy
Literary movementUkrainian Baroque
Years active1715-1728
Notable works"Chronicle of Samiilo Velychko" (Story of the Cossack War against Poles...)

Samiilo Vasyliovych Velychko (Old Ukrainian: Самоил Велічко, Ukrainian: Самі́йло Васи́льович Вели́чко; 11 February 1670 – after 1728) was a Cossack nobleman and chronicler who wrote the, Samiilo Velychko Chronicle, the first systematic presentation of the history of the Cossack Hetmanate.