Deluge (history)
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The Deluge was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In a stricter sense, the term refers to the Swedish invasion and occupation of the Commonwealth as
Swedish Siege of Kraków in 1655
The Vow of John Casimir by Jan Matejko (1838–1893) shows the Polish king in Lwów in 1655, pledging to drive out the Swedes.
Battle of Warsaw in 1656
Transylvanian–Swedish Siege of Brest in 1657, painted by E. Dahlbergh
Khmelnytsky Uprising
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The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, Cossack Revolution, or, in Ukraine, as the National Liberation War, was a successful Cossack rebellion with el
Deluge (history)
…Russo–Swedish Deluge (Polish: Potop szwedzko-rosyjski) due to the simultaneous Russo-Polish War. In a wider sense, it applies to the period between the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648 and the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, comprising the Polish theatres of the Russo-Polish and Second Northern Wars. The term "deluge" (potop in…
Entrance of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi to Kyiv in 1649 by 19th-century Ukrainian painter Mykola Ivasyuk
Meeting of Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey by Juliusz Kossak.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv, oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1885, National Museum in Warsaw.
Reception of John Casimir's envoy by Khmelnitsky in Zamość.