Mykhailo Stepanovych Khanenko ( pl, Michał Chanenko, uk, Михайло Степанович Ханенко) (ca. 1620 – 1680) was a

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military leader, and nominal

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Right-bank Ukraine Right-bank Ukraine ( uk , Правобережна Україна, ''Pravoberezhna Ukrayina''; russian: Правобережная Украина, ''Pravoberezhnaya Ukraina''; pl, Prawobrzeżna Ukraina, sk, Pravobrežná Ukrajina, hu, Jobb p ...

from 1669-74 in rivalry with

Petro Doroshenko Petro Doroshenko ( uk, Петро Дорофійович Дорошенко, russian: Пётр Дорофе́евич Дороше́нко, pl, Piotr Doroszenko; 1627–1698) was a Cossack political and military leader, Hetman of Right-bank Uk ...

during

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Biography

Khanenko was the son of

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Stepan Khanenko. In 1656, he became a colonel (

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) of Uman regiment, and fought in 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 ...

. He was one of the cossacks who opposed the second Treaty of Pereyaslav (October 27, 1659) between

Yuri Khmelnytsky Yurii Khmelnytsky ( uk, Юрій Хмельницький, pl, Jerzy Chmielnicki, russian: Юрий Хмельницкий) (1641 – 1685(?)), younger son of the famous Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and brother of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, was ...

and the

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, which drastically limited the Cossack autonomy. In 1661, he received a

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title from

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. In 1669, he was proclaimed Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine by three regiments. Khanenko and

otaman Ataman (variants: ''otaman'', ''wataman'', ''vataman''; Russian: атаман, uk, отаман) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military comman ...

Ivan Sirko Ivan Sirko ( uk, Іван Дмитрович Сірко, tr. , ; pl, Iwan Sierko, ; russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, translit=Ivan Dmitrievich Serko, ; c. 1610–1680) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader, Koshovyi Otaman ...

led raids on

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and the

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. He was pro-

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, and greatly opposed to rival

who he often fought, sometimes with Polish support. In 1674, Khanenko suffered a disastrous defeat to Doroshenko, and was forced to get the aid of

Left-bank Ukraine Left-bank Ukraine ( uk, Лівобережна Україна, translit=Livoberezhna Ukrayina; russian: Левобережная Украина, translit=Levoberezhnaya Ukraina; pl, Lewobrzeżna Ukraina) is a historic name of the part of Ukrain ...

hetman

Ivan Samoylovych Ivan Samoylovych (, , ; 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 Right-bank Ukraine from ...

. He renounced all claims to power, and swore loyalty to

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. He was allowed to live in peace on the left bank of the

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and the exact time and place of his death are still unknown.

References

*Ihor Pidkova (editor), Roman Shust (editor),
Dovidnyk z istorii Ukrainy
, 3 Volumes,

Kiev, 1993-1999, (t. 1), (t. 2), (t. 3). Article

at th
''Encyclopedia of Ukraine''
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