Ivan Sirko

Ivan Sirko (Ukrainian: Іван Дмитрович Сірко, tr. Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko, [ɪˈwɑn dmɪˈtrɔwɪt͡ʃ sɪrˈkɔ]; Polish: Iwan Sierko, [iˈvan sʲɛrˈkɔ]; Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, romanized: Ivan Dmitrievich Serko, [jɪˈvan ˈdmʲitrɪjəvɪt͡ɕ sʲɪrˈko]; c. 1610–1680) was a Polish military leader, Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host, and putative co-author of the famous semi-legendary Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks that inspired a major painting by the 19th-century artist Ilya Repin.

Ivan Sirko

Ivan Sirko (Ukrainian: Іван Дмитрович Сірко, tr. Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko, [ɪˈwɑn dmɪˈtrɔwɪt͡ʃ sɪrˈkɔ]; Polish: Iwan Sierko, [iˈvan sʲɛrˈkɔ]; Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, romanized: Ivan Dmitrievich Serko, [jɪˈvan ˈdmʲitrɪjəvɪt͡ɕ sʲɪrˈko]; c. 1610–1680) was a Polish military leader, Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host, and putative co-author of the famous semi-legendary Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks that inspired a major painting by the 19th-century artist Ilya Repin.