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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.
- 25 January 1648 — 6 August 1657
Bohdan Khmelnytsky (left) with Tugay Bey (right) at Lviv, oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1885, National Museum in Warsaw. While the Czapliński Affair is generally regarded as the immediate cause of the uprising, it was primarily a catalyst for actions representing rising popular discontent.
- Ruthenian (Ukrainian)
- Yurii Khmelnytsky
- Illinska Church in Subotiv
Mar 19, 2024 · The hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, had been leading a revolt against Polish rule in Ukraine since 1648. In 1651, in the face of a growing threat from Poland and forsaken by his Tatar allies, Khmelnytsky asked the tsar to incorporate Ukraine as an autonomous duchy under Russian protection.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 ...
Bogdan Chmielnicki, leader of the Cossack and peasant uprising against Polish rule in the Ukraine in 1648 which resulted in the destruction of hundreds of Jewish communities; later hetman of autonomous Ukraine and initiator of its unification with Russia.
Apr 3, 2021 · Revered for his rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Bohdan Khmelnitsky is decried by Ukrainian nationalists for the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslavl in which Ukrainian Cossacks pledged allegiance to the Tsar of Muscovy.
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.
