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Siege Of Bar
The siege of Bar took place on 4 August 1648 between the Zaporozhian Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks (in Latin ''Cossacorum Zaporoviensis''), also known as the Zaporozhian Cossack Army or the Zaporozhian Host (), were Cossacks who lived beyond (that is, downstream from) the Dnieper Rapids. Along with Registered Cossa ... and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish–Lithuanian garrison of the Bar, Ukraine, Bar fortress, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Cossack colonel Maksym Kryvonis laid siege to the fortress and captured it along with its garrison. Prelude Bar, Ukraine#Bar Fortress, Bar fortress became an important defense point during the Uprising. In February 1648, Crown army initially performed well against the Cossack rebels in Podolia, with Bar serving as the main stronghold of Andrzej Potocki in this region. However, Crown army eventually begun to suffer setbacks. Bohdan Khmelnytsky sent Cossack colonel Maksym Kryvonis with the goal of capturing it. Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine. Under the command of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, allied with the Crimean Tatars and local Ukrainian peasantry, fought against Crown Army, Commonwealth's forces. The insurgency was accompanied by Batoh massacre, mass atrocities committed by Cossacks against prisoners of war and the civilian population, especially Polish people, Poles, Jews and Catholic Church, Roman Catholic and Ruthenian Uniate Church, Ruthenian Uniate clergy, as well as savage reprisals by loyalist Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, the ''voivode'' of Ruthenians, Ruthenian descent (military governor) of the Ruthenian Voivodeship. The uprising has a symbolic meaning in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
