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Danylo Apostol

Danylo Pavlovych Apostol
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Hetman of Zaporizhian Host
In office
1727–1734
Monarch Peter II
Anna
Preceded by office restored (Collegium of Little Russia)
Succeeded by office liquidated (Governing Council of the Hetman Office)
Personal details
Born (1654-12-14)December 14, 1654
Sorochyntsi, Myrhorod Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate
Died January 29, 1734(1734-01-29) (aged 79)
Sorochyntsi, Myrhorod Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate
Resting place Church of Lord's Transfiguration, Velyki Sorochyntsi, Myrhorod Raion
Nationality Vlach, Russian Empire
Children Pavlo, Petro, Marta, Hanna (Sr), Paraska, Tetiana, Maria, Hanna (Jr)
Religion Christian Orthodox
Awards Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Cossack Army
Years of service 1682-1734
Rank Acting Hetman
Battles/wars Azov campaigns (1695–96)
Great Northern War
Pruth River Campaign

Danylo Apostol (Ukrainian: Данило Апостол; Russian: Даниил Апостол; Romanian: Dănilă Apostol) (1654–1734), was a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734.

Born in a noble Cossack family of Moldavian boyar origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, polkovnyk (colonel) of the Myrhorod Regiment, and a participant in the Russian campaigns against the Ottoman Empire and Crimean Khanate. He fought in the Great Northern War between 1701 and 1705 against the Swedes in Livonia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but in 1708 briefly joined Hetman Ivan Mazepa who sided with Charles XII of Sweden against Peter I of Russia. Later, Danylo Apostol again switched sides and fought on the Russian side, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Poltava. In 1722, he led Cossack units during the Russo-Persian War that led to the expansion of Russian power in the Caspian region. Danylo Apostol lost his eye during the capture of Persian Derbent fortress, this will give him a nickname "blind Hetman".


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