11 Facts About Sydir Bily

Sidor Bely or Sydir Bily was Kosh ataman of the Black Sea Cossack Host.

Sydir Bily studied in the Kiev-Mohyla Academy after which he joined the Sich as a young man where he continued his studies in the Sich officer school.

Sydir Bily took part in numerous sea and land campaigns on the Danube and in Crimea where he gained a reputation as a fine commander and seaman.

Sydir Bily was honoured with a gold medal and nobility status.

Sydir Bily was able to avoid repercussions and repressions by the direct intervention of Grigory Potemkin.

Sydir Bily was retired as a major in the Russian army and tended to the management of his estates.

Analysis tends to lead us to the fact that Sydir Bily was a skillful politician and understood the politics of the time.

Sydir Bily understood that the Sich could not continue within the Russian Empire and understood that it could only survive outside of the Russian Empire.

Sydir Bily took part in the construction of these boats and in the selection and training of future sailors from the Ukrainian population.

Potemkin's admirals did not know the conditions in the Dnieper-Black Sea region and as a result Sydir Bily took a commanding role.

The fleet led by Sydir Bily had negotiated with the Danubian Cossacks not to engage them in combat.