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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and the title 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....
founded in 1918.
- Ivan SkoropadskyIvan SkoropadskyIvan Skoropadsky was a Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa.- Biography:...
(1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722) – was a HetmanHetmanHetman 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 the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan MazepaIvan MazepaIvan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...
, in turn succeeded by Pavlo PolubotokPavlo PolubotokPavlo Polubotok , was a Cossack political and military leader and Acting Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine between 1722 and 1724.- Biography :...
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- Pavlo Skoropadskyi (b.1873-d.1945) – Hetman of UkraineHetman of UkraineHetman of Ukraine may refer to:* Hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks* Pavlo Skoropadskyi...
for 1918 ; claimant 1919–1945 - Danylo SkoropadskyiDanylo SkoropadskyiDanylo Skoropadskyi is a famous Ukrainian politician and leader of the Ukrainian monarchist movement 1948-1957 . He was the son of Hetman Pavlo SkoropadskyiDuring the Hetmanate he studied at the First Gymnasium in Kiev in 1918...
(d. 1957) – died of poisoning in London, February 23, 1957 ; son of Pavlo – (claimant 1945–1957) - Maria Skoropadska (d. 1959) – daughter of Pavlo – (claimant 1957–1959)
- Yelyzaveta Skoropadska (d. 1976) – daughter of Pavlo – (claimant 1959–1976)
- Olena Skoropadska-Ott (b.1919) – daughter of Pavlo – (claimant 1976–current)
- Borys Tukhai-bei("Boris Skoropadsky") (b.1956 in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) – Alleged natural son of the unmarried Danylo Skoropadsky, as such allegedly grandson of Pavlo, and nephew of Olena Skoropadska-Ott. Claims to have been registered by his mother Oleksandra (Olesya) under her mother’s surname, Tukhai-bei, and that he did not learn about his presumptive Skoropadsky heritage until 1999. Borys Tukhai-bei is not recognized by the living members of the Skoropadskyi family; a natural descent from Danylo Skoropadskyi is as yet to corroborate. Nevertheless, Borys Tukhai-bei has been traveling to Ukraine identifying himself as "Boris Skoropadskiy", referring to Danylo and Pavlo Skoropasdkyi as his father and grandfather, respectively. Olena Skoropadska-Ott, however, denies all the allegations stating that there is no relationship between her and that man.