Bohdan Khmelnitsky is a brave warrior of a gentry family, a talented commander. He helped the Zaporozhye Army to win a number of victories, became hetman and won the respect of all the Cossacks. His name went down in history, as his contribution to it cannot be overestimated. However, personal tragedies were also present in the life of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
Bogdan Mikhailovich Khmelnitsky is the hetman of the Zaporozhye army, a political and statesman, a famous commander, whose biography is still of great interest. He was born in 1596 in Subotov, died in Chigirin in 1657. Bohdan Khmelnitsky came from a noble gentry family. As for his education, he graduated from a collegium in Lviv. There is another version, which says that the commander studied at the collegium in Yaroslav. Bohdan Khmelnitsky led the Cossack uprising, which helped the Zaporozhye Sich, Kiev and the left bank of the Dnieper to disconnect from the Commonwealth.
Captivity
Bohdan Khmelnytsky took part in the Polish-Turkish war. As a result of this war, his father died, and the commander himself was captured. He spent two years in slavery, where he learned the Tatar and Polish languages. Relatives of Bohdan Khmelnitsky ransomed him from captivity. After that, in Subotov, he was enrolled in the registered Cossacks.
Hiking Bohdan Khmelnitsky
The commander participated in many sea campaigns of the Cossacks against Turkish cities, led campaigns against the Ottoman Empire, took part in numerous wars. He was an excellent commander who always achieved his goal. Bohdan Khmelnytsky was highly respected by the King of Poland Vladislav IV.
The death of the family of Bohdan Khmelnitsky
The personal life of the commander was arranged: he had a wife and children. Khmelnitsky lived on a small farm in Subotov. When he was absent, Chaplinsky, who was a Polish junior, took advantage of this situation. He hated Bohdan Khmelnytsky, so he attacked his farm. He plundered it, stole the commander's wife. Then he married the wife of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, following the Catholic canons. According to one version, Chaplinsky beat one of the commander's sons to death. Khmelnitsky was heartbroken. He sought justice in court, but there they only laughed at him. He was paid 100 gold, which at that time was an insignificant amount. Then Bohdan Khmelnytsky turned to the king. However, he also greeted the commander with ridicule, saying that the Cossacks were obliged to defend their homeland with sharp sabers. Khmelnitsky was not only not helped, but he was also sent to prison, from where he was released by Barabash.
Career
The foreman and colonels respected and loved Khmelnitsky. The Cossacks with joy and enthusiasm elected him hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army. It was then that the personal banner of Bohdan Khmelnitsky appeared. Some time ago, its original was found in the Swedish national collection of trophies.
Pereyaslavskaya Rada
Bohdan Khmelnitsky was convinced from his own experience that the Hetmanate needs allies, since it is difficult for it to fight on its own. He initiated diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire, Sweden and the Russian Kingdom. In 1651, the Zemsky Sobor discussed the answer to Khmelnitsky, who asked to reunite the Russian lands. In addition, he asked the king to take them under his rule. However, the council did not come to a unanimous decision.
Death of Bohdan Khmelnitsky
There are still disputes about when exactly the great commander Bogdan Mikhailovich Khmelnitsky passed away. According to the latest version, he died on August 6, 1657 at the age of 61 due to a cerebral hemorrhage. The commander was buried next to his son Timothy.
