Ivan Sirko

Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko
An imaginary representation of Sirko by Ilya Repin
Nickname(s)	Otaman Sirko Rus' Devil (Urus Shaitan) Kharakternyk [uk]
Born	1605/1610 Merefa, Sloboda Ukraine or Murafa, Bracław Voivodeship
Died	August 11,[1] 1680 Hrushivka, Zaporizhian Host
Allegiance	Zaporozhian Host Chortomlyk Sich Left-bank Ukraine
Years of service	1620–1680
Rank	Kosh Otaman Hetman (Honorary)[2][3]
Battles / wars	Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) Thirty Years' War Khmelnytsky Uprising Russo-Polish War (1654-1667) The Ruin Turkish-Cossack Conflict Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)
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.