Krzysztof Kosiński, also known as Kryshtof Kosynsky, was a Polish-Cossack noble from the Podlachia region. He was a colonel of the Registered Cossacks and self-proclaimed hetman. He led two consecutiv
Severyn Nalyvaiko was a leader of an independent Ukrainian Cossack force who became a hero of Ukrainian folklore. He led the failed Nalyvaiko Uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for wh
Krzysztof Kosiński
…Polish Monarchy; however, he soon escaped to Zaporizhzhia, where he began organizing a new army. In 1593, he set out for Cherkasy but was soon killed. Severyn Nalyvaiko Kosynsky, Kryshtof in Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1989…