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Bohdan Chmielnicki
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish: ; 15956 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. Early life Although there is no definite proof of the date of Khmelnytsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bohdan (name)
Bohdan is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the Czech, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian languages. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros ( Theodore, Theodosius). The name also appears as a surname (Czech and Slovak feminine: Bohdanová). Bogdan is a counterpart of the name used in the South Slavic languages The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West Slavic la ... and in Polish, Romanian and Moldovan. Bohdana is the feminine version of the given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Bohdan Bułakowski (born 1950), Polish race walker * Bohdan Khmelnytsky (–1657), Ruthenian nobleman and military commander * Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Bohdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał .... References Villages in Białystok County {{Białystok-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bohdan, Zakarpattia Oblast
Bohdan (; ) is a village in Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the centre of Bohdan rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 3,971 (). History Mentions of Bohdan date back to the early 17th century. The village's original population largely comprised runaway criminals and ethnic Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ... whose homes had been taken over by German colonists, as well as others who had migrated to be closer to their work. The village also contains the remains of a Jewish cemetery. Demographics According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 3,277 people lived in Bohdan. 97.03% of this population spoke Ukrainian, with another 2.29% speaking Hungarian, 0.48% speaking Russian, 0.12% speaking German, and 0.03 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |