Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk
The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk, formally titled as The Treaties and Resolutions of the Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporozhian Army, is a constitutional document written by the Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host, Pylyp Orlyk, the Cossack elders and the Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Army on the 5 April 1710 in the city of Bender (Tighina) in the Principality of Moldavia. It is sometimes called the First Constitution of Ukraine.
Charles XII and Mazepa at the Dnipro River
Hetman Pylyp Orlyk
The monument in Bender Fortress
The first page of the Bendery Constitution (Latin-language version, National Archives of Sweden). The tile reads: Latin: Contenta Pactorum inter Ducem et Exercitum Zaporoviensem conventorum, in Compendium brevi Stylo collecta
Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk was a Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna, Hetman in exile, diplomat, secretary and close associate of Hetman Ivan Mazepa. He is the author of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk.
Modern imaginary portrait. Author Natalia Pavlusenko, 2021
Signature of Pylyp Orlyk, 1710. Written: Filipp Orlіk Hetman vojska zaporoskoho rukoju vlasnoju (Philipp Orlik Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host with own hand)
Monument dedicated to Ukrainian hetman Pylyp Orlyk.
