Zaporozhian

English

Portrait of a Zaporozhian Cossack by Konstantin Makovsky, 1884

Alternative forms

• Zaporogian

Etymology

Ultimately from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje, “place beyond the rapids”) or a related term; compare Zaporizhian, Zaporizhia.

Noun

Zaporozhian (plural Zaporozhians)

1. (historical) One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper River, in present-day Ukraine.

   Synonyms: Zaporozhian Cossack, Ukrainian Cossack

   • 2009, Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History, 4th edition, University of Toronto Press, unnumbered page:

     Instead, the Zaporozhians tended to concentrate on their own affairs, that is, those of a relatively small (they rarely numbered more than 10,000), isolated Cossack fraternity based in the vast, empty steppes between the Hetmanate in the north and the Crimean Khanate in the south.

   • 2016, Alexander Basilevsky, Early Ukraine, McFarland & Company, page 359:

     As the Zaporozhians began to clash with the newcomers a number of Serb settlements were wiped out and the colonization came to a halt.

   • 2020, Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva, Ivan Mazepa and the Russian Empire, McGill-Queen's University Press, page 111:

     The Zaporozhians detained the captains sent by Mazepa, placed them in custody ("as bandits"), and did not allow them to set fire to dry grasses in the "Wild Fields" (as had been planned in preparation for the campaign).

Translations

any individual of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper River

• Ukrainian: запоро́жець m (zaporóžecʹ)

Adjective

Zaporozhian (comparative more Zaporozhian, superlative most Zaporozhian)

1. Of or relating to the Zaporozhians or their culture, etc.
   • 1955, Annals, Volumes 14-20, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States, page 2:

     Then, too, towards the middle of the eighteenth century both the Russian government and the Zaporozhian nobility began to use all means to attract settlers to the Southern Ukraine.

   • 1978, Lev Okinshevych, Ukrainian Society and Government, 1648-1781, Ukrainian Free University, page 117:

     […] city-type centres and settlements in the Zaporozhian territory the Sich's role as the regional centre grew especially important and that fact unexpectedly gave to a free steppe region a highly centralized form of government.

   • 2001, Serhii Plokhy, The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine, Oxford University Press, page 271:

     The attitude of the Zaporozhian envoys in Moscow shows that for the Zaporozhian Cossacks, who played an extraordinarily important role in the opening stage of the uprising, Kyiv was a distant if not an alien center, clearly outside the scope of Zaporozhian influence.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Zaporozhians or their culture, etc.

• Old Ruthenian: запоро́жский (zaporóžskij), запоро́зкий (zaporózkij), запоро́зский (zaporózskij)
• Ukrainian: запоро́зький (zaporózʹkyj), запорі́зький (zaporízʹkyj)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with Zaporizhian.

Further reading

• Zaporozhian Cossacks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zaporozhian Sich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zaporozhian Host on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wild Fields on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zaporizhzhia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taras Bulba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Paintings of Ukrainian Cossacks on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons