Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko | |
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| Born | 1605/1610 Murafa, Bracław Voivodeship |
| Died | August 11,[1] 1680 Hrushivka, Zaporizhian Host |
| Allegiance | |
| Years of service | 1648–1680 |
| Rank | Kosh Otaman |
| Battles/wars | |
| Spouse(s) | Sofia |
| Children | two sons (Peter and Roman) and two daughters |
Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko (Ukrainian: Іван Дмитрович Сірко, IPA: [ɪˈwɑn dmɪˈtrɔwɪtʃ sɪrˈkɔ]; Polish: Iwan Sierko, IPA: [ˈivan ˈɕɛrkɔ]; Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, romanized: Ivan Dmitriyevich Serko, IPA: [ɪˈvan ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ sʲɪrˈko]; c. 1610 – August 11, 1680) was a Ukrainian 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.
- ^ according to chronicler Samiylo Velychko