Khmelnytsky Insurrection
Ukrainian history
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role of Cossacks
- In Ukraine: The Khmelnytsky insurrection
Tensions stemming from social discontent, religious strife, and Cossack resentment of Polish authority finally coalesced and came to a head in 1648. Beginning with a seemingly typical Cossack revolt, under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukraine was quickly engulfed in an unprecedented war…
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