Pilip Orlik
Pilip Orlik a statesman, hetman of Ukraine in exile (1710-1742). He is the author of the world's first constitution (the "Pact and Constitution rights and liberties Zaporozhian") and "deduction" ("Conclusions of law of
Ukraine"), the most famous among the opponents of the Moscow anti-Ukrainian policy, a supporter of Mazepa.
Orlik was an impoverished descendant of the Lithuanian-Belarusian noble family of Czech origin. After graduating from the Kiev-Mohylansk Academy Orlyk for some time served as clerk of the Kiev metropolitan cathedral, and then moved to Poltava. In our town he worked in the hetman's office.
In November 1698 Pilip married Anna, the daughter of the colonel of Poltava P. Gercik. This marriage introduced a capable bureaucrat in terms of the Cossack elite and opened the way for him to sergeant-major career.
One year later P. Orlik was appointed to the position of senior clerk in the General Military Chancellery. In 1706 he became a general clerk of Zaporozhian Army and closest helper of hetman Ivan Mazepa. Leaning together with I. Mazepa to emigrate, P. Orlik took over after his death hetmanship.
In the legal status of the holder of Ukraine in exile P. Orlik more than 30 years led the policy of government in exile. The aim of Orlik was Ukraine's liberation from the Moscow authorities. All this time he tried to nominate the Ukrainian issue in international forums and to organize anti-Russian coalition of European powers. He died in Iassi, without seeing the implementation of his dreams. Throughout his life F. Orlik kept a diary from the pages of which appears the image of a sensitive, gentle, well-educated man, with a special warm to his big family. In Orlikov’s family were born 7 children: Gregory (1702-1759), Anastasia (1699-1728), Michael (before 1708 -?), Jacob (1711-1721), Martha (1713 -?), Marina (1715 -?), Catherine (1718 -?).
The fate of the family Orlik was tragic. P. Orlik after a 5-year stint in Bender in 1714 moved with his family in 
Sweden, where he lived until 1720. Then he moved to Germany. Fleeing from the persecution of the king's agents in 1721 and he hid his wife and children in various convents in Breslau. He lived incognito in Silesia and Poland, was forced to seek safe country. Soon the family arrived in Krakow.
P. Orlik decided to return under the patronage of the Ottoman Porte. He said goodbye to his family. He moved in February 1722 under the Turkish border Khotin. Since then until his death P. Orlik remained in the realm of Turkey, where he was actually interned (up to 1734 in Salonika, then in the Residential and finally, in Moldavia).
The eldest son of Orlik, Gregory, was in military service in the Swedish and Saxon Guard. Later he continued his father's way. P. Orlik not seen nobody else from his family except Gregory until the end of his days. Two younger sons of Orlik died in childhood. The eldest daughter Anastasia was married to member of the Russian campaign of Charles XII Count Johann Shteinflicht.
Anastasia named her son after his grandfather Pilip. After the death of Anastasia I. Shteinflicht married her sister Martha. Some of the youngest daughters lived in Stockholm. Pilip Shteinflicht served as an officer in the regiment of his uncle, Gregory Orlik and devotedly worked for the benefit of Ukraine. By order of the hetman Gregory went to Stockholm as a mediator in the Franco-Swedish negotiations.
