![]() In the book of Ivan Sirko he made this suggestion on the condition and circumstances of the "Correspondence". D.Yavornitsky - researcher of the history of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks. That is why no wonder that in different regions of Tsarist Russia "there was" its own version of the letter-response to the Turkish Sultan and most of them existed in Ekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk) province, which is not surprising, because among eight Zaporizhzhya Sichs 5 were held there.Īlmost all the authors, one way or another mentioned "Correspondence", attributed its origin to the activities of Zaporozhye ataman Ivan Sirko. ![]() Researchers, historians, who were involved in this issue, believe that such a letter does not exist, however Zaporozhye Cossacks wanted such a letter, and they could give an adequate response to Turkish Sultan. The fact of writing this letter raises the doubts. "I, Sultan, son of Mohammed, the brother of the sun and moon, and the grandson of the governor of God, ruler of all the kingdoms of Macedon, Babylon and Jerusalem, large and small Egypt, the king of kings, lord of all existing, extraordinary knight, invincible relentless guardian the tomb of Jesus Christ trustee of God the hope and comfort of Muslims, a great defender of Christians, command you, Zaporozhye Cossacks, to surrender me voluntarily and without any resistance and do not disturb me with your attacks. Let me cite you a letter of the Turkish sultan. This debate for me, as a teacher, was extremely interesting, because there are in the Institute some students from Turkey.Ĭossacks letter was written ostensibly in response to the Turkish Sultan Mahmud IV proposal voluntarily surrender without resistance. But to the question "was there such a letter, really?" there were no clear answers. There was no doubt about it: everybody knew who is the author and subject of the painting. ![]() Taking with me a small reproduction of this painting to a lecture from the course "History of Ukraine", I showed it to freshmen physics and mathematics faculty. ![]() I was prompted to write by the publication in our newspaper for Decem"Painting with history." Let me remind you: at the exhibition "Talents KPI" it was presented a large copy of a famous painting by Ilya Repin "The Cossacks are writing a letter to the Sultan." Author – Professor IME V.V.Hilchevsky. I, as a historian, has long wanted to express my opinion on the said topics, but all the time something prevented. ![]()
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