Skoropadsky family

The House of Skoropadskyi () is a noble Ukrainian family of Cossack origin.

Notable members

• Illya Skoropadsky (? - ?), Referendarium General of Right-bank Ukraine, father of Hetman.
• Ivan Skoropadsky (1646 – September 3, 1722; reigned 1708–1722), Hetman of Zaporizhian Host, succeeded the deposed Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his defection to the Swedes during the Great Northern War.
• Vasyl Skoropadsky (? – 1727), brother of Ivan Skoropadsky. Bunchuk General.
• Mykhailo Skoropadsky (1697 — 1758), son of Vasyl Skoropadsky. Treasurer General.
• Ivan Skoropadsky (1727 — 1782), son of Mykhailo Skoropadsky. Last Adjutant General.
• Ivan Skoropadsky (1805 - 1887), grandgrandson of Treasurer General Mykhailo Skoropadsky and grandfather of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky. Provincial Marshal of the Poltavian Nobility.
• Georgiy Skoropadsky (1873 - 1925), deputy of State Duma of the Russian Empire.
• Pavlo Skoropadsky (1873–1945), Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army, member of Emperor Nicholas II's svita, briefly Hetman of Ukraine in 1918. Dethroned and expelled from the country by Symon Petliura. Claimant (1919–1945) to the post of Hetman. Died in exile in Nazi Germany in 1945.
• Oleksandra Skoropadska (1878 – 1952), wife of Pavlo Skoropadsky
• Danylo Skoropadskyi (1904–1957), son of Pavlo, claimant to the Hetmanate (1945–1957). Died in London under mysterious circumstances, February 23, 1957.

Other bearers of the surname

• Yelyzaveta Myloradovych (née Skoropadska, 1832-1890) - Ukrainian philanthropist
• Artem Skoropadskyi (1981-2022) - Ukrainian journalist

See also

References

• V. I. Lenin "Everybody On Food And Transport Work!" Endnote: "In November–December 1918 the Ukrainian workers and peasants rose up against the German invaders and their stooge, Hetman Skeropadsky. On December 14 Skoropadsky fled from Kyiv."