Anastasia Markovych Explained

Anastasia Markovich
Анастасія Скоропадська
Birth Name:Анастаси́я Ма́рковна Маркевич
Birth Date:1667
Death Date:1729
Death Place:Glukhov, Russian Empire
Order1:Hetmana of the Cossack Hetmanate
Term Start1:1708
Term End1:1722
Spouse:Konstantin Golub
Ivan Skoropadsky
Children:Evdokia Golub
Ulyana Ivanovna Skoropadskaya
Resting Place:Gamalievskiy Convent

Anastasiya Dabizha (died 1729), was a Ukrainian Hetmana by marriage to Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (r. 1708–1722). She acted as the trusted political adviser of her spouse and wielded great influence within the affairs of state, particularly in connection with the foreign policy toward Russia, which was well known and became the subject of a Ukrainian saying.

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