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
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.
Cossack Hetmanate
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The Cossack Hetmanate, officially the Zaporozhian Host, was a stratocratic state established by Registered Cossacks in Dnieper Ukraine. Its territory was located mostly in the region of Central Ukrain
Khmelnytsky Uprising
…of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Originating in Dnieper Ukraine, the uprising resulted in a Cossack victory and led to the creation of the Cossack Hetmanate. Under the command of Cossack Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, supported by the rebelling Ruthenian peasantry and initially allied…
A 1651 engraving of Bohdan Khmelnytsky with hetman's regalia by Willem Hondius
Personal seal of Ivan Vyhovsky as hetman and Prince of Ruthenia
Oath of the Polish king Jan II Kazimierz on the Treaty of Hadiach
Partition of the Cossack Hetmanate after the Truce of Andrusovo (1667)