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Semen Klymovsky
Semen Klymovsky () (1705 – 1785) was a Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks, Cossack, philosopher, poet of the Kharkiv Regiment, who wrote the famous Ukrainian folk song "Ikhav Kozak za Dunaj". Biography His exact birthplace is unknown. He was connected with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. His poetical works testify to his knowledge of languages, literature and philosophy. Among those whose views were closest to Klymovsky, Horace should be mentioned first of all. All his life since 1724 he participated in military campaigns of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and inspired by them he wrote poems and songs. At the end of the 18th century on the territory of the Liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich, former Zaporozhian Sich, together with a friend he founded the village of Pryputni, where he died. Pryputni was abandoned as a result of the Holodomor and its territory was annexed to Moshoryne. References * Климовський Семен /Украї ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-bank Ukraine
The Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left (east) bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of Kyiv and Cherkasy. Left-bank Ukraine is bordered by the historical regions of Right-bank Ukraine to the southwest, Zaporizhzhia to the southeast, Sloboda Ukraine to the east, and Polesia and White Ruthenia to the north. History Since the Middle Ages, the region formed part of the Khazar Khanate, Kievan Rus', Mongol Empire, Golden Horde, Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland. The term appeared in 1663 with the election of Ivan Bryukhovetsky as the hetman of Ukraine in opposition to Pavlo Teteria. Bryukhovetsky was the first known "left-bank Ukraine" hetman over the area, that was under the Russian influence. Up until the mid-17th century, the area had belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654 saw the region tent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |