Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host | |
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Гетьман Війська Запорозького | |
Most renowned and first official hetman of the Zaporizhian Host, Bohdan Khmelnytsky | |
Style | His Serene Highness (Його Ясновельможність) |
Residence | Chyhyryn (originally) Hetman Residence, Baturyn |
Appointer | General Military Council |
Formation | 26 January 1648 |
First holder | Bohdan Khmelnytsky |
Final holder | Kirill Razumovski |
Abolished | 17 November 1764 |
The Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host (Ukrainian: Гетьман Війська Запорозького, Latin: Cosaccorum Zaporoviesium Supremus Belli Dux) was the head of state of the Cossack Hetmanate. The office was abolished by the Russian government in 1764.