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Bohdan Khmelnytsky

1595 - 1657

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Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern Ukrainian: Зиновій-Богдан Михайлович Хмельницький гербу Абданк, Polish: Zenobi Bohdan Chmielnicki herbu Abdank; 1595 – 6 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bohdan Khmelnytsky is the 43rd most popular military personnel, the 14th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky is most famous for leading a Ukrainian Cossack army in the mid-17th century to fight the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and establish an independent Ukraine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 43 out of 2,058. Before him are Vercingetorix, Ratko Mladić, Arminius, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and Tariq ibn Ziyad. After him are Guan Yu, Stonewall Jackson, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Alfred Jodl, and Douglas MacArthur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 2. Before him is Pocahontas. After him are Władysław IV Vasa, Injo of Joseon, Alessandro Algardi, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Vasile Lupu, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Pieter de Molijn. Among people deceased in 1657, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 2. Before him is William Harvey. After him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Frans Snyders, William Bradford, Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Menasseh Ben Israel, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Kâtip Çelebi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 14 out of 1,365. Before him are Viktor Yanukovych (1950), John III Sobieski (1629), Stefania Turkewich (1898), Stepan Bandera (1909), Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), and Kazimir Malevich (1879). After him are Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Ilya Repin (1844), Taras Shevchenko (1814), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Joseph Conrad (1857), and Helena Blavatsky (1831).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 1. After him are Nestor Makhno (1888), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Semyon Timoshenko (1895), John Demjanjuk (1920), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), Roman Shukhevych (1907), Ivan Paskevich (1782), Alexander Samsonov (1859), Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), Vladimir Gelfand (1923), and Alfred Redl (1864).

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