Hetman Vodka
Ukraine
Petro Dorofiyovych Doroshenko, the grandson of Hetman Mykhailo Doroshenko, the Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine, was born in Chyhyryn, in the family of a Cossack. At the age of 22, he became a Cossack of the Hetman's company.
Later, he led the Pryluky Regiment, which he commanded for six years. In early 1660, he became the Colonel of Chyhyryn, then gained the rank of General Osaul, and later, the Colonel of Cherkasy. Doroshenko was recognized as Hetman in 1666, when the Cossack council in Chyhyryn handed him the mace, the symbol of Hetman's authority.
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