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'''Ivan Sulyma''' (Ukrainian: Іван Сулима, Polish: Iwan Sulima) was a [[hetman]] of the [[Ukrainian Kozak]]s from 1628-9 and 1630-5.
His father was Mykhailo, and his sons were Stepan and Fedir. He was born in Rohoshchi. The date of his birth is unknown. Sulyma was a member of the petty gentry, and managed the estates of other nobles in the [[Pereiaslav]] region, [[Stanisław Żółkiewski]] and the [[Daniłowicz]] family, and eventually was given the villages of [[Sulymivka]], [[Kuchakiv]], and [[Lebedyn]] in 1620.
He then left his lands for the [[Zaporozhian Sich]], and was elected hetman for the first time in 1628. He led many campaigns against the [[Turkey|Turks]] and the [[Crimea]]ns. For these efforts he received a from [[Pope Paul V]]. Because the [[Polish Commonwealth]] had been controlling and exploiting Ukraine, he decided on his way back from campaign in Crimea to rebell against [[Poland]]. In 1635 he attacked and destroyed the [[Polish]] castle at [[Kodak]], which was constructed on the [[Dnieper]] River to contain the [[Ukrainian Kozak|Kozaks]]. He killed all the [[German]] mercenaries and the fortresses commander. After his armies were defeated, the other [[Ukrainian Kozak|kozaks]] turned him and his fellow rebels over to the [[Poland|Poles]]. He was executed in [[Warsaw]] on December 12, 1635. Sulyma was tortured and cut to peices, as a warning that revolts would not be tolerated.
==Referneces==
[http://ukrlife.org/main/prosvita/_sulyma.html Biography in Ukrainian]
[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/pages/S/U/Sulyma.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine Entry on His Family]
[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\S\U\SulymaIvan.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine Entry on Ivan Sulyma]
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