Early Life
Petro Konashevych was born in the village of Kulchyntsi (Przemysl land) three miles away from Sambir in the Ruthenian Voivodeship into a Ukrainian Eastern Orthodox noble family. His fathers surname was Kononovych. He started school at the Ostroh Academy in Volhynia with Meletiy Smotrytskyi, author of the Hramatyka book, by which many generations of Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarusians learned the Slavic language. From an early age he learnt the skillful use of weapons and horsemanship. He joined the Zaporozhian Host and took part in campaigns in Moldavia in 1600 and Livonia in 1601. His skills in military strategy, courage and ability to show leadership under great adversity and hardship were acquired from Kosh Otaman Samiylo Kishka. With the years, Sahaidachny moved to Lviv, and later Kiev, where he was a tutor. Also while in Kiev, Sahaidachny worked for the Kievan judge I. Aksak.
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