PYLYP ORLYK IN OTTOMAN SOURCES

Abstract

The article deals with issues related to the Ottoman period of Pylyp Orlyk's life and his residency in the Balkan possessions of the Ottoman state. The coverage of these issues is based on Ottoman-Turkish documents that supplement or confirm the information of Latin and Cyrillic documents from many European archives on the longest Ottoman period of Pylyp Orlyk's activity in exile. The peculiarity of using Ottoman sources most clearly reflects the financial component in the hetman's accommodation, the geography of the hetman's movements across the European territories of the Ottoman state, the political decisions of the sultan and khan governments to recognize the hetman's power, etc. In particular, the article highlights Sultan Ahmed's fermans regarding the rights and privileges of the Cossack army of Pylyp Orlyk and the further deployment of the Cossacks in the lower reaches of the Dnipro. The article also uses the sultan's orders regarding the meeting of Pylyp Orlyk in Khotyn and his accommodation in Serres and Thessaloniki. The author emphasizes the hetman's appeals to the sultan and the Crimean khan to decide the fate of Pylyp Orlyk and to recognize his hetman's authority.