Ivan Gonta

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Ivan Gonta

Ivan Gonta ( Ukrainian Іван Ґонта ; * around 1740 in Rossischky , Bracław Voivodeship , Poland-Lithuania ; † 1768 in Serby near Mohyliw-Podilskyj ) was a Cossack and one of the leaders of the Hajdamaks during the Kolijiwschtschyna uprising in 1768.

Life

Ivan Gonta was born as a farmer's son in the village of Rossischky ( Розсішки ) in the Polish Voivodeship Bracław near Uman (now part of the Ukrainian Cherkassy Oblast , Chrystyniwka Rajon ).

Ivan Gonta served in the Cossack militia of the Voivode of the Kiev Province Franciszek Salezy Potocki and from 1757 commanded a unit at Uman. After the outbreak of the Koliivshchyna uprising, he was ordered to fight the rebellious Hajdamaks in right-bank Ukraine , but instead went over with his unit to the rebels under Maksym Salisnjak .

After the occupation of Uman, he was primarily responsible for the massacre of Jews and Poles there. Since the Russian government feared that the uprising could spread to the left bank Ukraine under its administration, they sent a regiment of Don Cossacks to Uman to end the rebellion. The leader of the Don Cossacks made the rebels believe that he was their ally and invited them, including Maksym Salisnjak and Ivan Gonta, to a banquet at which he had them captured.

While Maksym Salisnjak was brought to Kiev, Gonta was handed over to Jan Klemens Branicki, the Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown . In the village of Serby (today Hontiwka (ukr. Гонтівка ) in Vinnytsia Oblast ) the Poles tortured him for his betrayal and participation in the uprising for several days and tore his body to pieces. Subsequently, his body parts were nailed to the gallows in 14 cities.

Aftermath

Numerous folk songs and legends about him were written in Ukraine. In Taras Shevchenko's work The Hajdamaks from 1841, he embodies one of the heroes.

Web links

Commons : Iwan Gonta  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gonta, Ivan. In: Encyclopedia of Ukraine . Vol. 2, 1989, accessed April 5, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Іван Ґонта (? –1768). In: UkrHistory.com.ua. October 9, 2013, Retrieved April 5, 2016 (Ukrainian).
personal data
SURNAME Gonta, Ivan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ґонта, Іван (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cossacks and one of the leaders of the Hajdamaks during the Koliyivshchyna uprising in 1768
DATE OF BIRTH around 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Rossischky , Bracław Voivodeship , Poland-Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH 1768
Place of death Serby near Mohyliw-Podilskyi