Zakhary Chepiha
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Zakhary Chepiha also known as Kharyton (Kharko) Chepiga (1725-14 January 1797) was, after Sydir Bily
, the second Kosh ataman of the Black Sea Cossack Host
. His real surname was Kulish.
He arrived at the Zaporozhian Sich in 1740 and at its demise in 1775 was a Cossack polkovnyk. He retired with the title of Captain. In 1783 he made an unsuccessful attempt at organizing a cohort of volunteer cossacks from the Zaporozhia.
After meeting up with Catherine II in 1787, he was one of the cossacks to convince the Empress in allowing the formation of the Host of the Loyal Zaporozhians, later known as the Black Sea Cossack Host
.
Soon afterwards the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) broke out, and the new cossack host received its battle chirstening on the Southern Bug
river during the Battle of Ochakov
.
During a campaign in 1788, Chepiha was wounded by a bullet to the shoulder. fter Sydor Bily's death, he was proclaimed the Host's ataman
. e took part in the storming of Izmail
in 1790 and the battle of Babodah in 1791. For his efforts, Chepiha received the rank of the Order of St. George
. In 1792 he took part in the resettlement of the Black Sea Cossacks to the Kuban
. He died in 1797 and was buried in Yekaterinodar.
Sydir Bily
-Biography:Bily was born in 1716 to a Cossack family near Kherson. He studied in the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy after which he joined the Sich as a young man where he continued his studies in the Sich officer school.Due to his talents he was chosen to be an osaul...
, the second Kosh ataman of the Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host , also known as Chernomoriya , was a Cossack host of the Russian Empire created in 1787 in the southern Ukraine from former Zaporozhian Cossacks. In the 1790s, the host was re-settled to the Kuban River...
. His real surname was Kulish.
He arrived at the Zaporozhian Sich in 1740 and at its demise in 1775 was a Cossack polkovnyk. He retired with the title of Captain. In 1783 he made an unsuccessful attempt at organizing a cohort of volunteer cossacks from the Zaporozhia.
After meeting up with Catherine II in 1787, he was one of the cossacks to convince the Empress in allowing the formation of the Host of the Loyal Zaporozhians, later known as the Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host , also known as Chernomoriya , was a Cossack host of the Russian Empire created in 1787 in the southern Ukraine from former Zaporozhian Cossacks. In the 1790s, the host was re-settled to the Kuban River...
.
Soon afterwards the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) broke out, and the new cossack host received its battle chirstening on the Southern Bug
Southern Bug
The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh), is a river located in Ukraine. The source of the river is in the west of Ukraine, in the Volyn-Podillia Upland, about 145 km from the Polish border, and flows southeasterly into the Bug Estuary through the southern steppes...
river during the Battle of Ochakov
Action of 17 June 1788
This was a series of mainly small-ship actions which occurred along the coast of what is now Ukraine during the Russo-Turkish War as Russian and Turkish ships and boats supported their land armies in the struggle for control of Ochakov, a strategic position. The main actions at sea happened on 17,...
.
During a campaign in 1788, Chepiha was wounded by a bullet to the shoulder. fter Sydor Bily's death, he was proclaimed the Host's ataman
Ataman
Ataman was a commander title of the Ukrainian People's Army, Cossack, and haidamak leaders, who were in essence the Cossacks...
. e took part in the storming of Izmail
Izmail
Izmail is a historic town near the Danube river in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Izmail Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
in 1790 and the battle of Babodah in 1791. For his efforts, Chepiha received the rank of the Order of St. George
Order of St. George
The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George (also known as Order of St. George the Triumphant, Russian: Военный орден Св...
. In 1792 he took part in the resettlement of the Black Sea Cossacks to the Kuban
Kuban
Kuban is a geographic region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, Volga Delta and the Caucasus...
. He died in 1797 and was buried in Yekaterinodar.
Further reading
- H. Kvitka-Osnovianenko - Holovatyi in: Zaporozhtsi. Istoriyi Kozatskoyi kultury Kyiv, 1993. p.`130-140
- A. Kaschenko - Opovidannia pro Slavne vijsko zaporoz'ke nyzove - Kyiv, 1992. (The story about the Glory of the army of lower Zaporizhzhia)
- Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Cossacks - Published by the Zaporozhian State University
- Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Cossacks , Kyiv 2006 p. 629