Martyn Pushkar (Ukrainian: Мартин Пушкар) (died on June 1, 1658) was a polkovnyk of Poltava's Cossack regiment known for his loyalty to Muscovy. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Polkovnyk (полковник was a high military rank among the Ukrainian Cossack Starshyna ( officers) Poltava (Полтава Połtawa is a City in central Ukraine. The Cossacks (Каза́ки́ Kazaki; Козаки́ Kozaki; Kozacy are a group of martial people living in the southern Steppe regions of Eastern The Grand Duchy of Moscow (Великое княжество Московское was a medieval Russian polity centered on Moscow between 1340 and Together with Iakiv Barabash Pushkar led a pro-Muscovy uprising against Ukrainian hetman Ivan Vyhovsky in 1657. Yakiv Barabash (Яків Барабаш was a Zaporozhian Cossack Otaman (1657-58 who opposed Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander (after the Monarch) used in 15th to 18th century Poland, Ukraine and Grand Ivan Vyhovsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Виговський Polish: Iwan Wyhowski (?-1664 was a Hetman (or otoman) of the Ukrainian After inflicting several defeats on Vyhovsky's Cossacks and his Polish allies, Martyn Pushkar was killed in a battle near his native Poltava on June 1, 1658. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected His rebellion ended in failure. He founded Exaltation of the Cross Monastery built in a Cossack Baroque style in Poltava, to commemorate a victory over the Poles. Ukrainian Baroque or Cossack Baroque is an architectural style that emerged in Ukraine during the Hetmanate era in the 17th and 18th centuries