Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko | |
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Nickname(s) | Otaman Sirko Rus' Devil (Urus Shaitan) Kharakternyk |
Born | 1605 Merefa, Sloboda Ukraine (Disputed) or Murafa, Bracław Voivodeship |
Died | August 11,[1] 1680 Hrushivka, Zaporizhian Host |
Allegiance | |
Years of service | 1620–1680 |
Rank | Kosh Otaman Hetman (Honorary)[2][3] |
Battles / wars | See list
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Spouse(s) | Sofia |
Children | Two sons (Peter and Roman) and two daughters |
Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko (Ukrainian: Іван Дмитрович Сірко, IPA: [ɪˈwɑn dmɪˈtrɔwɪtʃ sɪrˈkɔ]; Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, romanized: Ivan Dmitriyevich Serko, IPA: [ɪˈvan ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ sʲɪrˈko]; Polish: Iwan Sierko, IPA: [ˈivan ˈɕɛrkɔ]; Romanian: Ioan Sircu IPA: [jɔˈan sˈirku]; c. 1605 – August 11, 1680) was a Zaporozhian Cossack military leader, Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host and putative co-author of the famous semi-legendary Cossack letter to the Ottoman sultan that inspired the major painting Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by the 19th-century artist Ilya Repin.