Demian Mnohohrishny

Demian Ihnatovych (Mnohohrishny) (1621, Korop – 1703) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1669 to 1672. See The Ruin (Ukrainian history) His surname literally means "of many sins". In 1689 he participated in signing of the Treaty of Nerchinsk and became de facto voivode of Buriatia 1691–1694. Biography Demian Ihnatovych (Mnohohrishny) was born in Korop (1621-1701), Chernihiv Voivodeship (Chernihiv region now). He took part in National Liberation War under the leadership of B. Khmelnytsky. From 1665 to 1668 he held the government of the Chernihiv colonel. In 1668 Ihnatovych, as an opponent of the Andrusiy Armistis (in 1667 Ukraine was divided along the Dnieper into the Right Bank under the control of the Commonwealth and the Left Bank controlled by Muscovy) took part in the anti-Moscow uprising. He was one of the first colonels to side with the Right Bank Hetman Petro Doroshenko, proposing to the latter to unite all of Ukraine under his mace. In 1668 he was appointed Hetman of the Right Bank Petro Doroshenko Hetman of the Left Bank of Ukraine. The lack of military assistance from Petro Doroshenko, strong Moscow garrisons in the Left Bank cities, pressure from the pro-Moscow part of the officers and the Orthodox clergy, prompted Demian Ihnatovych to negotiate with the tsarist government. On December 17, 1668, by the decision of the Novgorod-Siversky Cossack Council, D. Ihnatovych headed the government on the Left Bank and on behalf of all the officers continued negotiations with the king. Moscow, however, did not recognize his title to the Glukhov Council in 1669. It was at the Hlukhiv Council thet the Moscow state confirmed the election of D. Ihnatovych as Hetman of the Left Bank of Ukraine, and in one of the points of the Hlukhiv Articles it was proclaimed: "Hetman to be in Baturyn!". Thus Baturyn became the hetman's capital.