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Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi ( Ukrainian: Павло Петрович Скоропадський; 15 May [ O.S. 3 May] 1873 – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian [1] aristocrat, military and state leader, [2] decorated Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian Army general of Cossack heritage. Skoropadskyi became Hetman of all Ukraine following a coup on 29 April 1918. Origin

The House of Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Скоропадський) is a noble Ukrainian family of Cossack origin. Famous members. Ivan Skoropadsky (1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722) — Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, succeeded the deposed Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his defection to the Swedes during the Great Northern War.

His decision split the Cossacks; while some followed Mazeppa, others elected a new leader, Ivan Skoropadsky, who reaffirmed his loyalty to the Cossack alliance with Russia. The following year ...

Skoropadsky was elected hetman at the Council of Officers in Hlukhiv on 6 November 1708. Peter I never fully trusted him, however; he refused to ratify the Reshetylivka Articles of 1709 drawn up by Skoropadsky for a new agreement between Ukraine and Russia, and he held up the official documents confirming Skoropadsky as hetman until 1710.

Ivan Skoropadsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Скоропадський, Polish: Iwan Skoropadski) (1646 – 3 July 1722) was a Cossack Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host (in office: 1708–1722), and the successor to the Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Oops something went wrong: 403 Ivan Skoropadsky was a Cossack Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host , and the successor to the Hetman Ivan Mazepa.

Ivan Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Іван Скоропадський) (1646 – 3 July 1722; reigned 1708–1722) was a Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Born into a noble Cossack family in Uman, Ukraine in 1646, Skoropadsky was educated in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Yakiv's grandson, Ivan (b 30 January 1804, d 8 February 1887) (photo: Ivan Skoropadsky ), served as marshal of Pryluky county (1844–7) and Poltava gubernia (1847–52); he supported the 1861 agrarian reforms, and he built one of the finest palaces and gardens in Left-Bank Ukraine (see Trostianets Dendrological Park ).

The position of Hetman of all Ukraine was established in 1918 by Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a descendant of the former hetman of the Zaporizhian Host Ivan Skoropadsky. The Law on the Provisional State System of Ukraine was announced at the session of the Central Council of Ukraine on 29 April 1918, which laid a legal groundwork for the new position.