Danylo Apostol | |
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 Portrait, second quarter of the 18th century | |
| Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host | |
| In office 1727–1734 | |
| Monarchs | Peter II Anna |
| Preceded by | Office restored (Collegium of Little Russia) |
| Succeeded by | Office liquidated (Governing Council of the Hetman Office) Kyrylo Rozumovsky (after the restoration of hetman's position in 1750) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ( 1654-12-14)December 14, 1654 |
| Died | January 28, 1734(1734-01-28) (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Church of Lord's Transfiguration,Velyki Sorochyntsi |
| Spouse | Uliana Iskrytska |
| Awards | Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Years of service | 1682–1734 |
| Battles/wars | Azov campaigns (1695–1696) Great Northern War Pruth River Campaign |
Danylo Pavlovych Apostol[a] (December 14 [O.S. December 4] 1654 – January 28 [O.S. January 17] 1734) wasHetman of the Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734.[2]
Born into aCossack family ofMoldavian origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader,polkovnyk (colonel) of theMyrhorod Regiment, and a participant in theRussian campaigns against theOttoman Empire andCrimean Khanate. He fought in theGreat Northern War between 1701 and 1705 against theSwedes inLivonia and thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, but in 1708, briefly joined the hetmanIvan Mazepa who sided withCharles XII of Sweden againstPeter I of Russia. Later, Danylo Apostol again switched sides and fought on the Russian side, distinguishing himself in theBattle of Poltava. In 1722, he led Cossack units during theRusso-Persian War that led to the expansion of Russian power in theCaspian region. Danylo Apostol lost his eye during the capture of aPersian fortress inDerbent that led to him receiving the nickname "blind Hetman".
In the 1723–1725 Cossackstarshyna, Danylo Apostol was accused of being involved in the allegedmutiny plot of hetmanPavlo Polubotok and was suspected of treason byCatherine I. In 1727, Apostol was elected to be the hetman ofleft-bank Ukraine. During his rule,Little Russia and the Cossack nobility increased their wealth and estates at the same time as it was further incorporated into the Russian Empire. Danylo Apostol died in 1734, and thenew hetman was not elected until 1750.
Apostol's grandson Joachim A. Gorlenko (1705–1754), the son of his daughter Maria, entered the priesthood of theRussian Orthodox Church and becameJoasaph of Belgorod, who wasglorified as a saint in 1911.
"Апостол, Даниил Павлович" .Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.| Predecessor Collegium of Little Russia (Pavlo Polubotok) |  | Hetman of Zaporizhian Host 1727–1734 | | Successor Governing Council (Yakiv Lyzohub) |
| Predecessor Mykhailo Kiyashko |  | Colonel of Myrhorod Regiment 1682–1727 | | Successor Pavlo Apostol |
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