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People: Pylyp Orlyk
Location: Sérvia Kozani Greece

Pylyp Orlyk

Zaporozhian Cossack leader
Years: 1672 - 1742

Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk  (born on October 11, 1672 in Kosuta, Ashmyany county, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (today in Vileyka Raion, Belarus), died on May 26, 1742 in Jassy, Principality of Moldavia (today Iaşi, Romania) is a Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna, Hetman of Ukraine in exile, diplomat, secretary and close associate of Hetman Ivan Mazepa.

Founder of the first Constitution in Europe -Pylyp Orlyk's Constitution.