Anastasia Markovich

Anastasiya Markovych (died 1729), was a wife of Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (r. 1708–1722). She acted as the trusted political adviser of her spouse and wielded great influence within the affairs of state, particularly in connection with the foreign policy toward Russia, which was well known and became the subject of a Ukrainian saying.

Biography Anastasia was a daughter of Marko Avramovych, a rich arendator of Jewish origin, who resided in Pryluky, later moving to Pyriatyn. Her family belonged to Cossack starshyna.

Issue Evdokia, Anastasia's daughter from the fist marriage, became the wife of general judge Ivan Charnysh. Her second daughter Uliana was married to count Pyotr Tolstoy, colonel of Nizhyn.