Ivan Sirko

Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko
Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko
	An imaginary representation of Sirko by Ilya Repin
Nickname(s)	Otaman Sirko; Rus' Devil (Urus Shaitan); Kharakternyk
Born	1605; Merefa, Sloboda Ukraine or; Murafa, Bracław Voivodeship (disputed)
Died	August 11, 1680 (aged 74–75); Hrushivka, Zaporizhian Host
Allegiance	Zaporozhian Host; Zaporozhian Sich; Left-bank Ukraine;
Years of service	1620–1680
Rank	Kosh Otaman; Hetman (Honorary)
Battles / wars	See list Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) Cossack raid on Istanbul (1620); Raid on Varna; Battle of Khotyn (1621); ; Thirty Years' War Siege of Dunkirk (1646) (?); ; Khmelnytsky Uprising Battle of Zhovti Vody; Battle of Korsun; Battle of Pyliavtsi; Battle of Zboriv (1649); Battle of Batih; Siege of Zhvanets; Siege of Uman (1654); ; Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) Siege of Uman (1655); Bohun Uprising; Right-Bank Uprising Siege of Buzhin (1664); Battle of Saradzhin (1664); ; ; The Ruin Left-Bank Uprising Sloboda-Dnieper Campaign; ; Sich-Tsardom Crisis; ; Polish–Cossack–Tatar War; Russo-Turkish War (1672–1681) Chyhyryn Campaign (1678); Stand on the Sich (1679); ; Cossack raids Cossack raid on Istanbul (1629); Siege of Azov (1637–1642); Sirko's Campaigns Crimean Blockade (1655); Ochakiv-Aslan Campaign; Battle of Igren; Siege of Perekop (1663); Crimean Campaign (1667); Crimean Campaigns (1668); Siege of Chyhyryn (1668–1669); Siege of Ochakiv (1670); Battle of Kuialnyk; Sirko's Eastern campaign; Battle of Sich (1674); Crimean Campaign (1675) Capture of Bakhchysarai; ; ; ; ;
Spouse(s)	Sofia
Children	4

Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko (c. 1605 – August 11, 1680) was a Zaporozhian Cossack military leader, Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host and putative co-author of the famous semi-legendary Cossack letter to the Ottoman sultan that inspired the major painting Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by the 19th-century artist Ilya Repin.

Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko
An imaginary representation of Sirko by Ilya Repin
Nickname(s)	Otaman Sirko Rus' Devil (Urus Shaitan) Kharakternyk
Born	1605 (1605) Merefa, Sloboda Ukraine or Murafa, Bracław Voivodeship (disputed)
Died	August 11, 1680(1680-08-11) (aged 74–75) Hrushivka, Zaporizhian Host
Allegiance	Zaporozhian Host Zaporozhian Sich Left-bank Ukraine
Years of service	1620–1680
Rank	Kosh Otaman Hetman (Honorary)
Battles / wars	See list Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) Cossack raid on Istanbul (1620) Raid on Varna Battle of Khotyn (1621) Thirty Years' War Siege of Dunkirk (1646) (?) Khmelnytsky Uprising Battle of Zhovti Vody Battle of Korsun Battle of Pyliavtsi Battle of Zboriv (1649) Battle of Batih Siege of Zhvanets Siege of Uman (1654) Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) Siege of Uman (1655) Bohun Uprising Right-Bank Uprising Siege of Buzhin (1664) Battle of Saradzhin (1664) The Ruin Left-Bank Uprising Sloboda-Dnieper Campaign Sich-Tsardom Crisis Polish–Cossack–Tatar War Russo-Turkish War (1672–1681) Chyhyryn Campaign (1678) Stand on the Sich (1679) Cossack raids Cossack raid on Istanbul (1629) Siege of Azov (1637–1642) Sirko's Campaigns Crimean Blockade (1655) Ochakiv-Aslan Campaign Battle of Igren Siege of Perekop (1663) Crimean Campaign (1667) Crimean Campaigns (1668) Siege of Chyhyryn (1668–1669) Siege of Ochakiv (1670) Battle of Kuialnyk Sirko's Eastern campaign Battle of Sich (1674) Crimean Campaign (1675) Capture of Bakhchysarai
Spouse(s)	Sofia
Children	4