Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky | |
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| Зіновій-Богдан Михайлович Хмельницький Zenobi Bohdan Chmielnicki herbu Abdank Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи | |
Portrait of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, second half of the 17th century | |
| Hetman of Zaporizhian Host | |
| In office 30 January 1648 – 6 August 1657 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Yurii Khmelnytsky |
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| Born | Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi circa 1595 Subotiv, Kiev Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 6 August 1657 (aged 61–62) Chyhyryn, Cossack Hetmanate |
| Resting place | Illinska Church in Subotiv |
| Nationality | Ruthenian |
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| Children | Tymish, Yurii, Hryhorii, Ostap, Kateryna, Stepanyda, Olena, Maria |
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Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern Ukrainian: Зиновій-Богдан Михайлович Хмельницький гербу Абданк, Polish: Zenobi Bohdan Chmielnicki herbu Abdank; 1595 – 6 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Zaporozhian Cossacks as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of an independent Cossack state in Ukraine. In 1654, he concluded the Treaty of Pereiaslav with the Russian Tsar and allied the Cossack Hetmanate with Tsardom of Russia, thus placing central Ukraine under Russian protection. Khmelnytsky was compared to his contemporary, Oliver Cromwell. During the uprising, the Cossacks under his leadership massacred tens of thousands of Poles and Jews, one of the most traumatic events in Polish and Jewish history.