Dmytro Vyshnevetsky

Dmytro Vyshnevetsky
Дмитро Вишневецький
Portrait of Vyshnevetsky, 18th century
Born	Vyshnivets, Volhynia, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Died	1563 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Cause of death	Torture
Nationality	Ruthenian
Other names	Байда (Baida)
Title	Starosta of Cherkasy and Kaniv Prince of Belyov
Parent	Ivan Wiśniowiecki (father)
Relatives	Andrzej Wiśniowiecki (brother) Zygmunt Wiśniowiecki (brother) Konstanty Korybut-Wiśniowiecki (brother) Konstanty Wiśniowiecki (nephew)
Family	Wiśniowiecki (Vyshnevetsky)
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Dmytro Ivanovych Vyshnevetsky (Ukrainian: Дмитро Іванович Вишневе́цький; Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Вишневе́цкий; Polish: Dymitr Wiśniowiecki) was a Ruthenian magnate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He established the Zaporozhian Cossack stronghold on the Small Khortytsia Island. He was also known as Baida (Байда) in Ukrainian folk songs.