Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmel'nyts'kyi (?????? ??????? ?????????? ???????????? in Ukrainian, commonly transliterated as Khmelnytsky; known in Polish as Bogdan Zenobi Chmielnicki; in Russian as Bogdan Khmel'nitsky) (c. 1595 – August 6, 1657) was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth noble of Polish or Ruthenian origin, leader of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate, hetman of Ukraine, noted for his revolt against Poland (1648 – 1654) and the Treaty of Pereyaslavl which eventually led to the annexation of Ukraine by the Russian Empire.

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Ukrainian - Polish - Russian - 1595 - August 6 - 1657 - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Polish - Ruthenian - Zaporozhia - Cossack Hetmanate - Hetman - Ukraine - 1648 - 1654 - Treaty of Pereyaslavl - Russian Empire

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