Bohdan Khmelnytsky

High school (ages 12+)
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1. When was Bohdan Khmelnytsky born?1595
2. When did Bohdan Khmelnytsky die?August 6, 1657
3. Where was Bohdan Khmelnytsky born?Ruthenian nobleman, within the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern Ukraine)
4. What is the career?Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, military commander, nobleman
5. Who was Bohdan Khmelnytsky?Bohdan Khmelnytsky was a nobleman and military leader from the 1600s. He became the head of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and fought for his people.
6. What happened during the Great Cossack Uprising?The uprising was a big war that started in 1648. Khmelnytsky led the Cossacks to win many battles and push Polish forces out of large parts of Ukraine.

Ruthenian Nobility: The aristocratic class of Eastern Slavic origin within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, often Orthodox Christian.
Zaporozhian Host: The political and military organization of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, functioning as a quasi-state.
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: A large, multi-ethnic state in Central and Eastern Europe from the late 16th to late 18th centuries.
Treaty of Pereiaslav: A 1654 agreement formalizing an alliance between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Tsardom of Russia.