Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny

Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1582

Place of Birth: Kulchytsi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1622

Profession: politician, military officer, diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny (Ukrainian: ????? ?????????-???????????; Polish: Piotr Konaszewicz-Sahajdaczny; born near 1582 in Kulchytsi, today Sambir Raion – April 20, 1622 in Kiev) was a Ukrainian political and civic leader, Hetman of Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks from 1616–1622, a brilliant military leader of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth both on land and sea.
While being a Cossack Hetman, he transformed the Cossack Host from the erratic military formation into regular army.
Under his leadership the cossacks, the Orthodox clergy and peasants had been begun to emerge as the united nation.
His troops played a significant role in the battle of Khotyn against the Turks in 1621 and prince Wladyslaw's attempt to gain the Muscovy throne in 1618.