Khanenko was the son of
Zaporozhian Cossack Stepan Khanenko. In 1656, he became a colonel (
polkovnyk) of
Uman regiment, and fought in the
Khmelnytsky uprising. He was one of the cossacks who opposed the second
Treaty of Pereyaslav (October 27, 1659) between
Yuri Khmelnytsky and the
Russian tsar, which drastically limited the Cossack autonomy. In 1661, he received a
noble title from
King John II Casimir of Poland. In 1669, he was proclaimed Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine by three regiments. Khanenko and
otaman Ivan Sirko led raids on
Crimean Khanate and the
Ottoman Empire. He was pro-
Polish, and greatly opposed to rival
Petro Doroshenko whom he often fought, sometimes with Polish support. In 1670 Khanenko signed a treaty with Polish authorities, according to which authonomy of the Cossack class was recognized in exchange of the hetman's
vassalage to the Polish king. In 1674, Khanenko suffered a disastrous defeat to Doroshenko, and was forced to get the aid of
Left-bank hetman
Ivan Samoylovych. He renounced all claims to power, and swore loyalty to
Moscow. In 1677-1678 Khanenko was imprisoned by Samoilovych in
Baturyn after Moscow had suspected him of preserving ties with Poles, but later was released. He was allowed to live in peace on the left bank of the
Dnieper and the exact time and place of his death are still unknown. ==Family==