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The grave of the Uman colonel and associate of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Ivan Ganzhi
Full name of the monument :
The grave of the Uman colonel and associate of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Ivan Ganzhi
Region :
Khmelnytskyi region
Address of the monument :
Pylyava village
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1651 р., 1967 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Tartar
Social status :
persons of war
Size :
The height of the block is 1.7 m
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Here, on September 11, 1648, Colonel Ivan Ganzha, a comrade-in-arms of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, died in the battle of Pilyavets
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian national resistance during the Lithuanian-Polish era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
no data available
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Starosynyavsk settlement council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Ivan Ganzha is buried in the grave - Ukrainian military figure, Uman colonel, associate of B. Khmelnytskyi. According to some sources, he was a Tatar by origin and a participant in the Cossack expeditions to the Black Sea. In the night from 23 to 24.4. In 1648, on the eve of the Battle of Yellow Waters, on the instructions of B. Khmelnytskyi, he convinced the registered Cossacks in Kamiany Zaton on the Dnieper to join the Ukrainian army. Participant in the Battle of Korsun in 1648. In June 1648, during the fighting with Polish troops, a Cossack detachment led by Ganja liberated Uman and Tulchyn. In the summer of 1648, Ganja was appointed a Uman colonel. Died in the Pyliavetskyi battle in 1648.
In 1954, a stone obelisk with an inscription was installed on the grave of Ivan Ganzhi. In 1967, the monument was replaced by a granite block with an inscription, polished on one side.
