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UPA - Ukrainian Insurgent Army. How they killed poles in Volhynia (1943). [139]
Still explain why he was baptized in a Greek Orthodox church being born to "Polish parents" when "Orthodox Christianity was considered an inferior religion"?
How common was it for orthodox christians to attened a jesuitan college?
From the back of my head I remember that the historian Feliks Koneczny was claiming that Chmielnicki's father came to Ukraine from Masovia, and that even though Bogdan married a orthodox wife, he never actually was a member of greek orthodox church. I can't be bothered to look for other evidences though.
Do what you please, but I respect his military expertise and also the fact that was able to put a stamp in many countries' history that even Sokrates looks for connections. Chmelnickij was and is a Ukrainian hero and I don't give a crap what other nations think of him.
Naturally, the point of your view depends on the place where you sit. I'm not going to try deprive Chmelnickij of the title of an Ukrainian hero, as he surely is one. However I do feel that you are over-simplifying this conflict here by saying that the cossack uprisings were a polish/Ukrainian conflict. In my opinion it was more to do with the struggle between lords and their serfs. Remember that on a big part the ones that were against putting Cossacks on kings lands on a "soldiers law" and for making them "peasants" were ruthenian nobles. Yep, Chodkiewiczowie, Glebowiczowie, Kiszkowie, Sapiehowie, Dorohostajscy, Wojnowie, Wołowicze, Zienowiczowie, Pacowie, Chaleccy, Tyszkiewiczowie, Korsakowie, Chrebtowiczowie, Tryzny, Gornostajowie, Bokijowie, Myszkowie, Hojscy, Siemaszkowie, Gulewiczowie, Jarmolińscy, Czołhańscy, Kalinowscy, Kyrdejowie, Zahorowscy, Meleszkowie, Bohowitinowie, Pawłowiczowie, Sosnowscy, Skuminowie, Słuccy, Zasławscy, Zbarazscy, Wiśniewieccy, Sanguszkowie, Czortoryscy, Prońscy, Rużeńscy, Sołomiereccy, Gołowczyńscy, Kroszyńscy, Masalscy, Górscy, Sokolińscy, £ukomscy, Puzynowie, etc...
