Filon Dzhelaliy, also known as Dzhulaibek, was a
Cossack
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
colonel of
Crimean Tatar descent
[Коваленко Сергій. Джалалий Филон//Україна під булавою Богдана Хмельницького. Енциклопедія у 3-х томах. Том 2. - Київ: Видавництво "Стікс", 2008] who served during the
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніцкага; russian: в ...
of 1648–1657. He was a close associate of
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...
and originally served in the
Pereiaslav
Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh rivers ...
Cossack Regiment. In April 1648, together with B.Tovpigoy, a centurion of the Cherkasy regiment, he led an uprising of registered Cossacks at Kamiana Zavod.
In 1648, he was appointed colonel of the Kropyvniansky (
Ichniansky) regiment. He took part in several battles, including the Battle of
Zhovti Vody in 1648; the
Battle of Korsun
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; the
Battle of Pyliavtsi
Battle of Pyliavtsi ( uk, Пилявцi; pl, Piławce); 23 September 1648) was the third significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day village of Pyliava, which at that time belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, ...
in 1648; and the
Battle of Zboriv in 1649. He also took part in important diplomatic missions to Turkey. In October–November 1648, Dzhulaibek led a Ukrainian diplomatic mission that signed a treaty with the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
recognizing Ukraine as a state and forbidding Crimean Tatars from attacking Ukrainian lands.
In September 1650, Dzhulaibek led the Ukrainian embassy to the Moldovian lord Vladimir Lupula. At the
Battle of Berestechko
The Battle of Berestechko ( pl, Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem; uk, Берестецька битва, Битва під Берестечком) was fought between the Ukrainian Cossacks, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, aided by their Crimean T ...
in 1651, he was elected
hetman
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Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military ...
of the Cossack officers and appointed captain general of the hetman. After 1654, he spent a long time with his family in Selyshche Sahunivka (
Cherkasy region
Cherkasy Oblast ( uk, Черка́ська о́бласть, Cherkaska oblast, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna ( uk, Черка́щина, ) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative ce ...
, Ukraine). His fate after 1684 is unknown.
References
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Научные Записки № 39«Козацька еліта», НАН України, інститут політичних і етнонаціональних досліджень ім. І.Ф. Кураса, УДК 94(477)929Суспільно-політична сітуація в Україні у другій половині XVII—XVIIIст.
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