Ivan Samoilovich
| Ivan Samoylovych Іван Самойлович |
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| 5th Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks | |
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In office June 17, 1672 – 1687 |
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| Preceded by |
Petro Doroshenko Demian Mnohohrishny (as Moscow's appointee) |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Mazepa |
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| Born | 1630s Khodorkiv, Skvyra region, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 1690 Tobolsk, Siberia, Tsardom of Russia |
| Nationality | Ruthenian (Ukrainian) |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
Ivan Samoylovych (Russian: Ива́н Само́йлович Самойло́вич, Polish: Iwan Samojłowicz, Ukrainian: Іван Самойлович) (died 1690) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. His term in office was marked by further incorporation of the Cossack Hetmanate into the Tsardom of Russia and by attempts to win the Right-bank Ukraine from Poland-Lithuania.
Samoylovych's father was a priest in a village near Zhytomyr. Ivan first rose to prominence during Ivan Briukhovetsky's revolt against Tsardom of Russia. After Briukhovetsky's execution he supported Demian Mnohohrishny as a new hetman and swore allegiance to the Russian Tsar. Securing Mnohohrishny's deposition, he was elected the Hetman of the Left-Bank Ukraine in Konotop on June 17, 1672.
Samoylovych's principal ambition was to control the Right-bank Ukraine, where two rival hetmans, Petro Doroshenko and Mykhailo Khanenko, were active. In 1674 he joined his Cossacks with the Russian forces under Prince Grigory Romodanovsky against Doroshenko. After the latter's deposition, Samoylovych let him live in peace on the left bank of the Dnieper.
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