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This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising ( 1648 – 1657 ). Please see the category guidelines for more information.
Chronology of Major Events Associated with the Khmelnytsky Uprising and the Depiction of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky (born c. 1595, Chigirin, Ukraine—died Aug. 6 [Aug. 16, New Style], 1657, Chigirin) was the leader (1648–57) of the Zaporozhian Cossacks who organized a rebellion against Polish rule in Ukraine that ultimately led to the transfer of the Ukrainian lands east of the Dnieper River from Polish to Russian control.
The Khmelnytsky Uprising of the Zaporozhian Cossacks against Poland started in January 1648 when Khmelnytsky became hetman of the Cossacks. In March Khmelnytski went to Crimea and made an anti-Polish alliance. [2] This gave him extra cavalry, mainly under Togay Bey. The Poles tried, with occasional success, to split the alliance.
The main impact of the 1857 revolt was the abolishment of the East India Company, India was under the direct control of British authority, The Indian administration was directly controlled by Queen Victoria. The second major impact that the revolt of 1857 created was to develop unity & patriotism in the nation.
Apr 1, 2010 · The Khmelnytsky Uprising was a series of organized peasant rebellions waged by Cossacks and Tatars in Ruthenia (contemporary Ukraine) in response to occupation, imposition of a foreign culture, and repression of local peoples by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Why did the Indian Mutiny happen? In 1857, Indian soldiers rose up against their British commanders. They were joined by native rulers and thousands of ordinary people in a struggle that threatened to destroy British colonial power on the Indian subcontinent. The reasons behind the rebellion stretch back to the origins of British involvement in ...
