✦ History

Khmelnytsky Uprising

1648 – 1657

Result Cossack victory

Zaporozhian Cossacks under Bohdan Khmelnytsky, with Crimean Tatar and peasant support, rose against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in present-day Ukraine.

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Battles 1

June 28–30, 1651
Battle of Berestechko Polish–Lithuanian victory Berestechko, Volhynia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) John II Casimir Vasa, Stefan Czarniecki, Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Key commanders

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 4

John II Casimir Vasa military commander Władysław IV Vasa military commander Stefan Czarniecki military commander Jeremi Wiśniowiecki military commander

Zaporozhian Cossacks 2

Bohdan Khmelnytsky military commander Tymofiy Khmelnytsky military commander

Cossack Hetmanate 2

Bohdan Khmelnytsky military commander Ivan Bohun military commander