Fedor Andreyevich Kandyba (unknown year of birth - until 1729 ) - statesman and military leader of the Zaporizhzhya Army , Korsun colonel (since March 1693 ).
| Fedor Kandyba | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Fedir Kandyba | |
 Coat of arms of the Korsun regiment | |
| Birth name | Fedor Andreevich Kandyba |
| Date of Birth | |
| Date of death | until 1729 |
Biography
One of the most prominent representatives of the clan of Konotop Cossack elders of the XVII-XVIII centuries, and then the noble family of Kandyba .
In 1669 - 1672 and 1674 - 1675 he was a Korsun colonel , later - the centurion Konotop (from 1681-1689) and the Nezhin regimental convoy (1698 - June 1701).
A participant in the campaigns of the Russian army and Zaporozhye Cossacks during the Russian-Turkish war of 1672–1681 to the city of Chigirin and the Crimean campaigns against the Crimean Khanate in 1687 and 1689 .
He supported the hetman Ivan Mazepa . Hetman Mazepa, highly appreciating F. Kandybu, offered him a promotion - the post of regimental convoy.
Fedor Kandyba was an educated person, and some historians, for example, I. Kripyatkevich , made the assumption that F. Kandyba could be the author of the Chronicle of the Samovid , one of the most important historical sources of the 17th century.
He was married to Efrosinia Akimovna Gorlenko, daughter of the general judge of the Zaporizhzhya Army A.I. Gorlenko .
Father of Andrei Kandyba (d. 1730 ), statesman and military leader of the Zaporizhzhya Army , Korsun colonel .
Links
- Fedir Andriyovich Candiba (Ukrainian)