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Ivan Bogun(Template:Lang-ua) (died in 1664), Ukrainian Cossack polkovnik (colonel). Close associate and friend of Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the Khmelnytsky Uprising against the Polish rule in Ukraine. Elected hetman during Berestechko battle against Polish army under the King Jan II Casimir. Between 1652-57 defeated Polish army near Batog, Bratslav and Uman, fought against Crimean Tatars who raided Ukraine. After the death of Khmelnytsky led pro-Muscovy uprising against hetman Ivan Vyhovsky and defeated his army in the autumn of 1659. On February 17, 1664 arrested and executed by Poles.
External links
- About Ivan Bogun (in Ukrainian)
- "Ukraine have not forgotten: 350th Anniversary of Battle of Batog Took Place without Tatars and Poles", Zerkalo nedeli (Mirror Weekly), June 1-7, 2002, available online in Russian and in Ukrainian.
- Bogun, Ivan, in online Russian Biographical Dictionary (in Russian)