Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (died 1742)

Pylyp Orlyk

Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna and diplomat; Hetman-in-exile (1672–1742)

Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk was a Zaporozhian Cossack statesman, diplomat and member of Cossack starshyna who served as the hetman in exile from 1710 to 1742. He was a close associate of Ivan Mazepa and the author of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk.