The House of Skoropadsky () is a noble
Ukrainian family of
Cossack
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borders of Ukraine and Rus ...
origin.
Famous members
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Ivan Skoropadsky (1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722),
Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, succeeded the deposed Hetman
Ivan Mazepa after his defection to the Swedes during the
Great Northern War
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.
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Pavlo Skoropadsky (1873–1945),
Lieutenant General
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in the
Imperial Russian Army
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, member of Emperor
Nicholas II's
svita, briefly
Hetman of Ukraine in 1918. Dethroned and expelled from the country by
Symon Petliura. Claimant (1919–1945) to the post of Hetman. Died in exile in
Nazi Germany
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in 1945.
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Danylo Skoropadsky (1904–1957), son of Pavlo, claimant to the Hetmanate (1945–1957). Died in London under mysterious circumstances, February 23, 1957.
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Maria Skoropadska (d. 1959), daughter of Pavlo (claimant 1957–1959)
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Yelyzaveta Skoropadska (d. 1976), daughter of Pavlo (claimant 1959–1976)
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Olena Skoropadska-Ott (b. 1919 – d. 2014), daughter of Pavlo (claimant 1976–2014)
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Borys Skoropadsky (b. 1956), alleged son of Danylo (claimant 1999–present)
The Skoropadsky family now reside in Toronto and the rights to Danylo's grave have been passed down to
Olena Skoropadska-Ott's two daughters, after her death in 2014.
Донька Скоропадського заперечує існування онука Гетьмана!
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Other bearers of the surname
* Yelyzaveta Myloradovych (née
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Skoropadska, 1832-1890) - Ukrainian philanthropist
* Artem Skoropadskyi (1981-2022) - Ukrainian journalist
References
V. I. Lenin "Everybody On Food And Transport Work!"
Endnote: "In November–December 1918 the Ukrainian workers and peasants rose up against the German invaders and their stooge, Hetman Skeropadsky. On December 14 Skoropadsky fled from Kyiv."
Zaporizhian Cossacks noble families
Ukrainian monarchy
Ukrainian nobility
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