Powstanie Chmielnickiego

Also known as Cossack-Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection

Powstanie Kozaków Zaporoskich i chłopstwa ruskiego przeciwko Rzeczypospolitej w latach 1648–1657

Key facts

Location: Eastern parts of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (mostly in the modern-day territory of Ukraine and southern parts of Belarus )
Result: Cossack victory , (See § Aftermath )
Territorial changes: Emergence of the Cossack Hetmanate Beginning of the decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Transformation of the Orthodox population of Ukraine into a distinct polity Military intervention of the Tsardom of Russia in Cossack Hetmanate

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Wikidata facts

Image: Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv by Jan Matejko (1885).png

Sources (4)

Article · Polski

Powstanie Chmielnickiego – powstanie Kozaków Zaporoskich i chłopstwa ruskiego pod przywództwem hetmana kozackiego Bohdana Chmielnickiego przeciwko Rzeczypospolitej. Nabrało wymiaru wojny chłopskiej i trwało w latach 1648–1654.

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