Martyn Pushkar

Martyn Pushkar Мартин Пушкар
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Polkovnik Poltava regiment
In office 1649 – 1 June 1658
Preceded by	Iskra Ivan Yakovych
Succeeded by	Fylon Harkusha
Personal details
Died	1 June 1658 Poltava, Hetmanate
Nationality	Ukrainian
Spouse(s)	Ulyana NN
Religion	Eastern Orthodox

Martyn Pushkar (Ukrainian: Мартин Пушкар) (died 1 June 1658) - Cossack leader. From 1648 he was polkovnik of Poltava regiment. After Bohdan Khmelnytsky's death, Pushkar, being one of the senior colonels in the Hetman State, was considered a candidate for the hetmancy, but Ivan Vyhovsky was elected instead. Together with Iakiv Barabash Pushkar led a uprising against Vyhovsky in 1657. After inflicting several defeats on Vyhovsky's Cossacks and his Crimean allies, Martyn Pushkar was killed in a battle near his native Poltava on 1 June 1658. His rebellion ended in failure. He founded Exaltation of the Cross Monastery built in a Cossack Baroque style in Poltava, to commemorate a victory over the Poles.

References

• Martyn Pushkar

Literature

• Кривошея В. «Еліти нації і еліта суспільства»: (або деякі питання української генеалогії) / Розбудова держави — 1997 — № 11. — С. 48-55
• Горобець В. Мартин Пушкар / «Історія України в особах: козаччина». — К. : Україна, 2000. — С. 84-92
• Мокляк В. «Полтавщина козацька (від Люблінської унії до Коломацької ради» / 2008. — 264 с.
• Енциклопедія українознавства : Словникова частина : в 11 т. / Наукове Товариство ім. Шевченка ; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. — Париж ; Нью-Йорк ; Львів : Молоде життя, 1954–2003.