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Conflict Europe

Khmelnytsky Uprising

1648 CE – 1657 CE · 9 years

Cossack hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky led a massive uprising against Polish-Lithuanian rule in Ukraine, establishing the Cossack Hetmanate. The uprising triggered devastating pogroms against Jews and ultimately led to Ukraine's union with Russia under the Treaty of Pereyaslav (1654).

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Zaporozhian Cossacks (Bohdan Khmelnytsky)
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Key moments

Defining events in the Khmelnytsky Uprising.

  1. 1648 Battle of Zhovti Vody
  2. 1648 Battle of Korsun
  3. 1651 Battle of Berestechko

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