Olena Kunytska

Olena Kunitskaya (Ukrainian: Олена Куницька) (died 1684), was a Ukrainian Hetmana by marriage to Stefan Kunicki, Hetman of Ukraine (r.

1672–1684).

[1][2] She was an influential figure among the Ukrainian Cossacks.

She is known as a valuable political adviser to her spouse and for an act of military evacuation which caused the rival hetman to attempt to abduct her.

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