The Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host was the head of state of the Cossack Hetmanate. The office was abolished by the Russian government in 1764.
Image: Ivan Vyhovsky (Portrait, 19th century, after restoration)
Image: Pavlo Teterya
Cossack Hetmanate
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The Cossack Hetmanate, officially the Zaporozhian Host or Army of Zaporozhia, is a historical term for the 17th–18th centuries Ukrainian Cossack state located in central Ukraine. It existed between 1649 and 1764, although its administrative-judicial system persisted until 1782.
Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky's triumphal entry to Kyiv in 1648
The place where Khmelnytskyi was elected Hetman of Ukraine (today Nikopol)
One of the unique granite columns with which the Cossacks marked their territory
The St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, built with funds from Hetman Ivan Mazepa