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    Bohdan Khmelnytsky

    Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine during the Hetmanship

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  1. Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern Ukrainian: Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький, Polish: Bohdan Chmielnicki; 1595 – 6 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Ukrainian Cossacks as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the ...

    • Illinska Church in Subotiv
  2. Mar 19, 2024 · 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.

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  3. The Khmelnytsky Uprising, [a] also known as the Cossack–Polish War, [1] or the Khmelnytsky insurrection, [2] was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine. Under the command of hetman Bohdan ...

    • 25 January 1648 — 6 August 1657
  4. Apr 3, 2021 · The legacy of Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnitskiy – a hero to some, traitor to others – is just one example, a fascinating case study of how history often mirrors the present. In front of Kyiv’s iconic Saint Sophia Cathedral stands a magnificent monument to the 17th-century Cossack hetman Bohdan Khmelnitskiy. Widely considered to be one of ...

  5. The uprising in the Ukrainian territories against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth began in early 1648 under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (c. 1595 – 1657), a Cossack officer proclaimed hetman. The secret negotiations of King W ł adys ł aw IV Vasa (ruled 1632 – 1648) with the Cossacks to begin a war with the Ottomans against the ...

  6. Jul 26, 2017 · Bohdan Khmelnytsky ( c . 1595–1657) was the Cossack hetman who led the 1648 uprising against the Polish magnates in the southeastern territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that is now Ukraine. The popular uprising led to the establishment of a Cossack Hetmanate, which is widely viewed as the precursor to the modern Ukrainian state.

  7. Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Ukrainian Cossacks as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of an independent Cossack state in Ukraine. In 1654, he concluded the ...

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