Hryhory Loboda ( ro, Grigore Lobodă; uk, Григорій Лобода, ; pl, Grzegorz Łoboda; born in the

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(Kiev) region — May 1596), was a Kosh Otaman of the

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(1593–6, with interruptions) of Moldavian descent. In 1594 and 1595 he and

Severyn Nalyvaiko Severyn (Semeriy) Nalyvaiko (, , in older historiography also ''Semen Nalewajko'', died 21 April 1597) was a leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks who became a hero of Ukrainian folklore. He led the failed Nalyvaiko Uprising for which he was tortur ...

took part in the anti-Turkish campaign in

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as allies of

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. During the Cossack rebellion of 1596, Loboda and Nalyvaiko raided the Kijów Voivodeship (

, also Kiev) neighboring territory which is now

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. Loboda was assassinated by Nalyvaiko's supporters during the

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, under suspicion of attempting to come to terms with Stanisław Żółkiewski, crown hetman of the Poles.

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Hryhoriy Loboda
1596 deaths Year of birth unknown People from Kiev Voivodeship Kosh Otamans Assassinated Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-hist-stub