Pylyp Orlyk
| Pylyp Orlyk Пилип Орлик |
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| Hetman in exile | |
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In office April 5, 1708 – May 24, 1742 |
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| Preceded by | Ivan Mazepa |
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| Born | October 11, 1672 Kosuta, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (today Vileyka Raion, Belarus) |
| Died | May 26, 1742 Jassy, Principality of Moldavia (today Iaşi, Romania) |
| Spouse(s) | Hanna Hertsyk |
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| Noble family | Orlyk |
Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk (Ukrainian: Пилип Степанович Орлик, Polish: Filip Orlik) (born on October 11, 1672 in Kosuta, Ashmyany county, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (today in Vileyka Raion, Belarus), died on May 26, 1742 in Jassy, Principality of Moldavia (today Iaşi, Romania) was a Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna, Hetman of Ukraine in exile, diplomat, secretary and close associate of Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
Pylyp Orlyk was born in the village of Kosuta, Ashmyany county, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Vileyka district of modern-day Belarus), in a family of Czech origin.
Orlyk first studied at the Jesuit college in Vilnius and until 1694 at Kyiv Mohyla Academy. In 1698 he was appointed secretary of the consistory of Kiev metropolia. In 1699 he became a senior member of Hetman Ivan Mazepa's General Military Chancellery and 1706 was appointed general chancellor and at that position he was Mazepa's closest aide, facilitated Mazepa's secret correspondence with the Poles and Swedes, and assisted Mazepa in his efforts to form an anti-Russian coalition.
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