Ethnicity Rusyn Name Andrij Savka Criminal penalty hung | Years active 1638-1661 Occupation bandit | |
Born December 13, 1619 ( 1619-12-13 ) Stebnik Other names Robin Hood of the Lemkos | ||
Andrij Savka (transliterated)/Andrew Sawka (translated)/Андрій Савка (Ukrainian) is a Lemko bandit and folk hero from Dukla. He was born in 1619 in Stebník. In 1651, he led 500 men as part of a peasant revolt known as the Kostka-Napierski Uprising. He was the son of a church cantor, and had some education.
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