Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,912,634,171 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Karp Pavlovich Skidan

    0.01 sec.
Skidan, Karp Pavlovich 

Died 1638. One of the leaders of a popular uprising in the Ukraine against the oppression of feudal Poland in 1637–38. Colonel of the Zaporozh’e Army.

Skidan fought in the uprising of 1637 led by Pavliuk (seeBUT, PAVEL MIKHNOVICH). He organized rebel detachments from the Kiev area and Poltava. Supported by only some of the cossacks, he suffered defeat near Kumeiki and Borovitsa. He fled to Zaporozh’e, from where he resumed the uprising in the spring of 1638. Skidan was severely wounded in battle and taken captive. [23–1503–]



Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.