Dmytro Vyshnevetsky

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Dmytro Vyshnevetsky Дмитро Вишневе́цький
Hetman of Ukraine
Preceded by	Yevstafy Dashkevich
Succeeded by	Ivan Svirgovsky
Born	1516 Ukraine
Died	1563 Ukraine
Religion	Eastern Orthodox

Dmytro Ivanovych Vyshnevetsky (Ukrainian: Дмитро Іванович Вишневе́цький; Polish: Dymitr Wiśniowiecki) was a Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Dmytro Vyshnevetsky was born into the powerful Ruthenian magnate Vyshnevetsky family (part of Gediminovichi bloodline), and lived in the town of Vyshnivets of the Kremenets Powiat (county). In 1550-1553, Vyshnevetsky became a starosta of the Cherkasy and the Kaniv Powiats. He was the first Cossack ataman in history.

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• Haidai, L. (2000). Istoria Ukrainy v osobakh, terminakh, nazvakh i poniattiakh. Lutsk: Vezha. 
• (1993) Dovidnyk z istorii Ukrainy, 1st Edition. Retrieved during 2007. 
• Zbaraski-Wiśniowiecki family (English). Genealogy.eu. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.

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