Abstract
The article examines the official activities in Ukraine and in Siberian exile of prominent political and military figures: Hetmans Demyan Mnogogreshny, Ivan Samoilovich, colonels Vasily Mnogogreshny, Timofey Tsetsura, Matvey Gintovka, Mikhail Krisa, Ivan Nechai, ataman Ivan Serko and other “disgraced” persons. It is shown that the main reason for their exile to Siberia were political crimes: breaking the oath of allegiance to the Russian Tsar, defection to the Polish king's side, and rivalry between the heads for the hetman's throne. It has been established that after imprisonment and pardon, the former “traitors to the sovereign” and their children were accepted into the Russian service as leaders. Some of them distinguished themselves in battles with the Yenisei Kirghiz, Mongol and Chinese units, and stayed in Siberia forever; others, having returned from exile, continued their military service in European Russia.
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