Samiylo Kishka

Samiylo Kishka (approximately 1530 — 1602(1620)) was a nobleman from Bratslav. He was a kish otaman and Hetman of Zaporozhian Sich (1574 — 1575, 1599 — 1602). Samiylo Kishka headed the Cossack army in a range of sea campaigns against the Turks, Moldavian raids, the Livonian campaign (1600-1603), as well as a number of maritime campaigns against the Crimean Khanate: Gezlev, Izmail, Ochakiv, and Ackerman.

Samiylo Kishka

Samiylo Kishka (approximately 1530 — 1602(1620)) was a nobleman from Bratslav. He was a kish otaman and Hetman of Zaporozhian Sich (1574 — 1575, 1599 — 1602). Samiylo Kishka headed the Cossack army in a range of sea campaigns against the Turks, Moldavian raids, the Livonian campaign (1600-1603), as well as a number of maritime campaigns against the Crimean Khanate: Gezlev, Izmail, Ochakiv, and Ackerman.