Janissary Networks

Person Gritsko

ID16065
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Collectivity
Family NameBordak
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NameGritsko
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Father's Name
Askeri Title
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Nationality
PlaceAppointment/Transfer/Temporary Mission : Özi, Appointment/Transfer/Temporary Mission : Hocabey,
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116236[4043], Compilation Date: 1750/ 7/ 14, Archive Code: CSHAUKBordakGritsko

Mehmed Gezekoğlu Beşe, a resident of Ochakov, invited Cossacks Gritsko Bordak and Vasiliy Malyi to his house. He plied them with wine and vodka until they fell asleep. Afterward, Mehmed Beşe went to the former Mehmed Paşa of Ochakov and sold the Cossacks to him for 60 thalers. Mehmed Paşa then ordered that the Cossacks be transported by boat to Hocabey to be sold to Mandanoğlu Paşa for 120 thalers. Mandanoğlu Paşa was in charge of the slave trade.

He was forcibly sold into slavery, likely against his will. It is possible that the Janissaries of Ochakov, including the former Paşa of Ochakov, were involved in establishing a slave trade network.1

 

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 849911)