Samiylo Kishka

Samiylo Kishka (Ukrainian: Самійло Кішка, Polish: Samuel Koszka, born approximately in 1530 – died in 1602 (1620) was a nobleman of Dołęga coat of arms from Bratslav. He was a kish otaman and Hetman of Zaporozhian Sich (1574 – 1575, 1599 – 1602). Samiylo Kishka headed the Cossack army in a range of sea campaigns against the Turks, Moldavian raids, the Livonian campaign (1600–1603), as well as a number of maritime campaigns against the Crimean Khanate: Gezlev, Izmail, Ochakiv, and Ackerman.

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