Martyn Pushkar

Martyn Pushkar Мартин Пушкар
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 an 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.