Demian Mnohohrishny
Encyclopedia
Korop
Korop is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Korop Raion.The name of the town means "carp" in Ukrainian, and the fish is present in the coat of arms and flag of the town....
– 1703) was the Hetman
Hetman
Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
of Left-bank Ukraine
Left-bank Ukraine
Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of the Kiev and Cherkasy....
from 1669 to 1672. See The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
The Ruin is a period of Ukrainian history from the death of hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky in 1657 and until ascension of hetman Ivan Mazepa in 1687. This period is characterised by continuous strife, civil war, and foreign intervention of Ukraine's neighbours...
His surname literally means "of many sins".