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Introduction
HewouldcallthoseyearsBabyloniancaptivityandimprisonment,com
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plainofbadluckanddreamofescapingfromthere.Feelingasstrange
asifhewereinhell,thereisabeliefthatMykhailo,theonlyoneofthe
eightchildrenlefwithhisfather,willdiehere.HeretheHetmanlearnsof
themarriageofhisdaughterAnastasiatoGeneralIvanSteinflickt,ofthe
birthofhisgrandchildren,firstCharlesandPhilip,andthenin1726also
agranddaughter;oftheuntimelydeathofhismotherandtheHetman’s
eldestdaughter.Grégoirecametohimin1730,butgiventheconspiracy,
hisfatherhadnorighttosharethejoythatitwashissonwithhisfriends.
Itwasclearthatfortheking’ssake,itwasconsiderednecessarytokeep
Orlykatadistance,inreserve,althoughthearrivaloftheHetmanwasrather
valuabletotheTurkishgovernment.Inhisperson,Portahadahostage
tonegotiatewithforeigncountries.InthecaseofwarwithMoscow,the
Hetmancouldproveevenmoreuseful.
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Attheendof1734,OrlykreceivedpermissionfromIstanbultoleave
Tessaloniki.
31
HefirststayedintheSultan’sresidenceinCăușeni.
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Hetman’s
Căușeniperiod,whenheactivelycorrespondedwiththeZaporozhianSich,
wasmarkedbydisappointment:theSichcameundertheruleofMoscow.At
theendof1739,hewasforcedtomovefromIaşitoBucharest,asRussian
troopsoccupiedtheMoldaviancapitalon1September1739.Hevisited
Bendery(1742)withtheSultan’spermissionandmetwithColonelSava
Chaly.Inhismonograph,KrupnytskyanalysedOrlyk’sdiplomaticactivi
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tiesduringhisstayinBendery
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andEurope.
34
30See:Б.KрупнMцbкMй,ГетьманПилипОрлик(1672-1742):йогожиття.доля,
KM.;1991(repr.ed.:Мюнхен1956),p.52.
31
TeDiarymakesaconvincingcasethatthestayinTessalonikiwasnotanhonourable
exileatall,accordingtodiplomatTeophilRendiuk(idem,op.cit.,p.144).AnAppendix
tothisworkisatranslationoftheConstitutionandafragmentofthe1722Diaryinto
UkrainianandRomanian:ibidem,pp.177-238.
32
CăușeniisatowninMoldova,thecapitaloftheCăușeniDistrict,located24km
southofBender.
33
Krupnytskywritesoftwodefiningperiods.Tefirstperiod(1709-1711),whenOrlyk
becamehetman,andthesecondperiod(1711-1714),inwhichtheresearcherseparately
characterizessuchareasasOrlyk’sTurkishorientation;see:idem,ГетьманПилипОрлик
(1672-1742):oглядйогопол.тично{д.яльности,pp.62-73;“Πо;оротΠ.oрлMканаш;ед-
сbкMйб.к,”in:ibidem,pp.73-86;“oр.єнтац.юΠ.oрлMканаоф.ц.йнуΠолbщу,”in:ibidem,
pp.86-108.KrupnytskydevotedthefifhandsixthchaptersofhisworktoexaminingOrlyk’s
diplomaticactivitiesinTurkey.Teyears1722-1728arethefirstperiodofthehetman’s
activityinexile.Tesecondperiod(1729-1742)wasacollaborationwithhissonGrégoire.
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KrupnyckyclassifiesOrlik’sstayinEurope(1715-1722)asfollows:1)OrlykinSweden
and2)theBrestandKrakowperiodsofOrlyk’sactivity;ibidem,pp.122-135.
