Yakym Somko

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Yakym Somko

Born	Pereiaslav, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	September 28, 1664 Borzna, Left-bank Ukraine
Allegiance	Zaporozhian Host (to 1660) Left-bank Ukraine
Years of service	1648-1664
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Khmelnytsky Uprising Russo-Polish War (1654-1667) The Ruin

Yakym Somko (Ukrainian: Яким Сомко, Polish: Jakim Somko) (born ? in Pereiaslav, died on September 28, 1664), was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader of the Pereyaslav regiment and was the Acting Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine in 1660-1663, during The Ruin.

He was first appointed captain of the Pereiaslav regiment in 1654, and became the acting colonel in 1658. At the Pereiaslav Council of 1660 that that concluded the Treaty of Slobodyshche he was elected colonel of Pereiaslav regiment and Acting Hetman of Left-Bank Ukraine. But he strongly opposed the treaty because it restored the union with Poland, and annulled the Pereiaslav articles, which he favored more of a pro-Russian orientation. Which caused a civil war between Right-bank Cossacks who favored a pro-Polish policies, and Left-bank Cossacks who favored pro-Russian policies. In 1661 he led a revolt against Yuri Khmelnytsky with left-bank regiments, and Zaporozhian otaman Ivan Briukhovetsky.

During the Russo-Polish War he fought against the Poles, and the Crimean Tatars, in order to re-unite all of the Cossack lands under his reign. At first he was a strong supporter of Tsardom of Russia, but initially withdrew his support because of disagreements, and lack of help on restoring Ukraine. But Russia started seeking aid with Somko's opponents, in particular with Ivan Briukhovetsky who supported Russian rule, they in turn started accusing Somko of secret negotiations with Khmelnytsky, and Pavlo Teteria, which caused to delay the final decision of the Cossack starshyna council at Kozelets in 1662 to recognize his tenure as hetman.

In order to decided on a new hetman, a Chorna rada took place on June 17–18, 1663 near Nizhyn, where a cossack council consisting of the starshyna, and a large number of common cossacks elected a new hetman for left-bank Ukraine. The officers proposed him and colonel Vasyl Zolotarenko of the Nizhyn Regiment as candidates, but the majority and including the Tsar supported Briukhovetsky and elected him the new hetman. Both Somko, and Zolotarenko were imprisoned and then were handed over to Briukhovetsky, who had them executed in Borzna on September 28, 1664.

Legacy

Yakym Somko is the central character in a novel " The Black Council. Chronicle 1663" (1846) by Panteleimon Kulish.

External links

Encyclopedia of Ukraine

v t e Hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks

Registered Cossack Army	Przecław Lanckoroński Ostap Dashkevych Dmytro Vyshnevetsky Ivan Svyrhovsky Ivan Pidkova Ivan Oryshevsky Bohdan Mykoshynsky Krzysztof Kosiński Hryhoriy Loboda Severyn Nalyvaiko Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny Mykhailo Doroshenko Taras Fedorovych Ivan Sulyma Dmytro Hunia

Cossack Hetmanate	Bohdan Khmelnytsky Yuriy Khmelnytsky Ivan Vyhovsky Yuriy Khmelnytsky

Left-bank Ukraine	Ivan Bezpaly (acting hetman) Yakym Somko (acting hetman) Ivan Briukhovetsky Demian Mnohohrishny Ivan Samoylovych Ivan Mazepa Pylyp Orlyk Ivan Skoropadsky Pavlo Polubotok (acting hetman) Danylo Apostol Kyrylo Rozumovskyi

Right-bank Ukraine	Pavlo Teteria Petro Doroshenko Yuriy Khmelnytsky Mykhailo Khanenko

List of hetmans

Persondata
Name	Somko, Yakym
Alternative names
Short description	Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossack
Date of birth
Place of birth	Pereiaslav, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Date of death	September 28, 1664
Place of death	Borzna, Left-bank Ukraine

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