Severyn Nalyvaiko

Severyn Nalyvaiko
Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks
In office
1596–1596
Preceded byHryhory Loboda
Succeeded byPetro Konashevych-Sahaidachny
Personal details
BornHusiatyn, Kingdom of Poland
Died(1597-04-21)21 April 1597
Warsaw, Poland

Severyn (Semerii) Nalyvaiko (Ukrainian: Северин (Семерій) Наливайко, Polish: Seweryn Nalewajko, in older historiography also Semen Nalewajko, died 21 April 1597) was a leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks who became a hero of Ukrainian folklore. He led the failed Nalyvaiko Uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for which he was tortured and executed in Warsaw. The Decembrist poet Kondraty Ryleyev wrote a poem about him.[1]

  1. ^ "Nalyvaiko, Severyn". Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).