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.

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