Danylo Pavlovych Apostol[a] (December 14 [O.S. December 4] 1654 – January 28 [O.S. January 17] 1734) was Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734.[1]

Danylo Apostol
Portrait, second quarter of the 18th century
Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host
In office
1727–1734
MonarchsPeter II
Anna
Preceded byOffice restored (Collegium of Little Russia)
Succeeded byOffice liquidated (Governing Council of the Hetman Office)
Personal details
Born( 1654-12-14)December 14, 1654
Sorochyntsi, Cossack Hetmanate
DiedJanuary 28, 1734(1734-01-28) (aged 79)
Sorochyntsi, Cossack Hetmanate
Resting placeChurch of Lord's Transfiguration, Velyki Sorochyntsi
SpouseUliana Iskrytska
AwardsOrder of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Military service
Allegiance Russia
Years of service1682–1734
Battles/warsAzov campaigns (1695–1696)
Great Northern War
Pruth River Campaign

Biography

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Born into a Cossack family of Moldavian origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, polkovnyk (colonel) of the Myrhorod Regiment, and a participant in the Russian campaigns against the Ottoman Empire and Crimean Khanate. He fought in the Great Northern War between 1701 and 1705 against the Swedes in Livonia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, but in 1708, briefly joined the hetman Ivan Mazepa who sided with Charles XII of Sweden against Peter I of Russia. Later, Danylo Apostol again switched sides and fought on the Russian side, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Poltava. In 1722, he led Cossack units during the Russo-Persian War that led to the expansion of Russian power in the Caspian region. Danylo Apostol lost his eye during the capture of a Persian fortress in Derbent that led to him receiving the nickname "blind Hetman".

In the 1723–1725 Cossack starshyna, Danylo Apostol was accused of being involved in the alleged mutiny plot of hetman Pavlo Polubotok and was suspected of treason by Catherine I. In 1727, Apostol was elected to be the hetman of left-bank Ukraine. During his rule, Little Russia and the Cossack nobility increased their wealth and estates at the same time as it was further incorporated into the Russian Empire. Danylo Apostol died in 1734, and the new hetman was not elected until 1750.

Apostol's grandson Joachim A. Gorlenko (1705–1754), the son of his daughter Maria, entered the priesthood of the Russian Orthodox Church and became Joasaph of Belgorod, who was glorified as a saint in 1911.

Notes

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  1. ^ Ukrainian: Данило Павлович Апостол; Russian: Данила Павлович Апостол; Romanian: Dănilă Apostol.

References

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  1. ^ Katchanovski, Ivan; Kohut, Zenon E.; Nebesio, Bohdan Y.; Yurkevich, Myroslav (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of Ukraine. Scarecrow Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.

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Predecessor
Collegium of Little Russia
(Pavlo Polubotok)
  Hetman of Zaporizhian Host
1727–1734
  Successor
Governing Council
(Yakiv Lyzohub)
Predecessor
Mykhailo Kiyashko
  Colonel of Myrhorod Regiment
1682–1727
  Successor
Pavlo Apostol