Samiilo Velychko

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Samiilo Vasyliovych Velychko
Memorial sign in honor of Samiilo Velychko, village Zhukyː ″Lifelong memory and honor famous countryman, patriot, the greatest chronicler of the heroic days of the Cossacks Samiylo Velychko″
Born	11 February 1670 Zhuky, Poltava Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate
Died	after 1728 in the same place
Nationality	Ukrainian
Occupation	chronicler
Known for	the author of the first systematic presentation of the history of the Ukrainian Cossack state
Notable work	"Chronicle of Samiilo Velychko"

Samiilo Vasyliovych Velychko (Ukrainian: Самі́йло Васи́льович Вели́чко) (11 February 1670 – after 1728) — was a Ukrainian Cossack nobleman and chronicler who wrote the first systematic presentation of the history of the Cossack Hetmanate.