Article: Khmelnytsky Uprising

KHMELNYTSKY UPRISING

KHMELNYTSKY UPRISING. 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 will of the diet stirred them to action. Initiated because of injustices against Khmelnytsky and discontent among the Cossack stratum with their treatment by the Polish authorities, the revolt rapidly succeeded because it enlisted Crimean Tatar support. The rebels destroyed the Polish ...

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