page_title: Ivan Sirko
hierarchical_section_title: Ivan Sirko
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context_page_description: Ivan Sirko was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader, Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host and putative co-author of the famous semi-legendary Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks that inspired a major painting by the 19th-century artist Ilya Repin. Known as Urus-shaitan among the Ottoman Turkish authorities and their Khanate allies, he was reputed and highly regarded by his contemporaries for his daring raids and unorthodox tactics.
context_section_description: Ivan Sirko (Ukrainian: Іван Дмитрович Сірко, tr. Ivan Dmytrovych Sirko, [ɪˈwɑn dmɪˈtrɔwɪt͡ʃ sɪrˈkɔ]; Polish: Iwan Sierko, [iˈvan sʲɛrˈkɔ]; Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, romanized: Ivan Dmitrievich Serko, [jɪˈvan ˈdmʲitrɪjəvɪt͡ɕ sʲɪrˈko]; c. 1610–1680) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader, Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host and putative co-author of the famous semi-legendary Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks that inspired a major painting by the 19th-century artist Ilya Repin. Known as Urus-shaitan (Turkish: The Ruthenian Devil) among the Ottoman Turkish authorities and their Khanate allies, he was reputed and highly regarded by his contemporaries for his daring raids and unorthodox tactics.
caption: Otaman Ivan Sirko, an imaginary representation by Ilya Repin
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