Biography of Bogdan Khmelnitsky

Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin of the war Khmelnitsky was a member of many military battles, but became a legendary person after the national liberation war. The uprising is triggered by the violent seizure of land, despotism from the Polish magnates. The official version states that on January 24, in Sich, Bogdan Mikhailovich was recognized as a hetman. Khmelnitsky became at the head of a small army, which dealt with the Polish garrison.

This victory added confidence to the Cossacks, the ranks of his troops almost daily replenished the recruits. Bogdan Khmelnitsky in the battle for those who had just joined the army, offered to take the so -called preparatory courses. Beginners studied military tactics, fencing, shooting, hand -to -hand combat. Bogdan only regretted that he had no cavalry, however, this problem was also solved, thanks to the assistance of the Crimean khan.

They learned about the uprising of the Cossacks very soon, so Polish gentry opposed Khmelnitsky and his troops under the leadership of the son of Nikolai Pototsky. The first battle happened near the yellow waters, and the Poles lost the battle. However, this was not the end of the war. Next came the turn of Korsuni. The first to go there were the Poles who rushed to rob the treasury and kill the local population.

At a distance of a few kilometers from the city, Khmelnitsky organized an ambush. It was the beginning of the Battle of Korsun. The number of Polish army was 12 people, but they failed to defeat the Cossack-Tatar army. As a result of the national liberation war in Ukraine, the struggle with Jews and Poles began. However, it soon became clear that Khmelnitsky no longer controls the rebellious masses, and has no influence on the Cossacks.

The death of the Polish king Vladislav IV showed that it is simply pointless to fight further.

Khmelnitsky decided to ask for help and patronage from the Russian king. He conducted endless negotiations, and, not only with the Poles and Russians, but also with the Swedes, but he achieved the desired result. Bogdan Khmelnitsky in the battle of the second stage of hostilities began in May. Polish troops were the first to violate the agreements concluded earlier. Khmelnitsky was always distinguished by the ability to strategically calculate all actions, so soon the Polish military were surrounded.

At the same time, the army of Cossacks made endless raids on them. The authorities agreed to the signing of the Zborov world. The Cossacks gradually lost their former power, and began to endure the first fiasco. I had to go to the conclusion with the Poles of the Belotserkovsky world, although this agreement was absolutely contrary to the previously signed by the Zborov world.

Despite the existing agreement, the Cossacks again begin the war, although they had no chance of victory. Khmelnitsky realized that the war was practically lost, and that on his own could not get out of it. Therefore, he decides on a settlement agreement with the Russian state. It was he who led the Cossacks to the oath to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. Personal life in the official biography of the hetman has information that he was married three times.

In total, Khmelnitsky had eight children - four sons and four daughters. One of the daughters - Stepanida, became the wife of Colonel Ivan Nychi. I got into Russian captivity, and then, together with my husband, was transferred to the Siberian link. The second daughter of Khmelnitsky - Catherine, became the wife of Danila Vygovsky. After he was executed, she married Pavel Tetereyu.

The historians could not find data on the third daughter of Bogdan - Maria. Judging by the same documents, her husband became a Korsunsky centurion close, in other sources it is said that she connected her personal life with Lukyan Movchan. About the fourth daughter - Elena, there is also no reliable data, they say that she is generally an adopted child. Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Elena Chaplinskaya sons of the hetman left an even smaller mark in history.

Timothy died at 21, Gregory died a baby, Yuri tragically died in 43 years. Regarding Ostap's son, there is also unverified information, according to which he died as a result of beating at the age of ten. You can learn about how the hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky looked from manuscript portraits that have survived to this day. The death of the hetman's health was shaken in the year.

At that time, he just solved the incredibly difficult task with whom to conclude an alliance with Russians or Swedes. Khmelnitsky felt that his days were numbered, so he decided to transfer power to the successor. He gathered Radu in Chigirin and called his successor to the sixteen -year -old son Yuri. For a long time, historians did not know when Bogdan Khmelnitsky died.

It had to go a lot of time while it turned out that the hetman was gone on August 6. The cause of death was a hemorrhage in the brain of a stroke. The monument to the Bogdan Khmelnitsky place of the replacement of the famous Ukrainian hetman was the village of Subotovo. He himself asked for his close associates on the eve of death. He was buried in the Ilyinsky Church, which the hetman himself built, next to his son Timosha.

However, now the exact location of the remains of Khmelnitsky is unknown.Seven years after the burial of the hetman, in the year, by order of the Pole Stefan Charnetsky, the village was burned, the dust of his father and son Khmelnitsky dug and threw him out of the grave for scatter. The name of Bogdan Khmelnitsky is well known to Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians.

They are named not only cities and district centers, but also squares, streets and avenues. The memory of him is stored in numerous artistic and documentary projects.