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Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [477]
In the 17th century, common Ruthenians rebelled. They were led by Cossacks, a new force which emerged in southern regions of today`s Ukraine.
Here is more about Chmielnicky`s rebellion.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmelnytsky_Uprising
The uprising has a symbolic meaning in the history of Ukraine's relationship with Poland and Russia. It ended the Polish Catholic szlachta′s domination over the Ukrainian Orthodox population; at the same time, it led to the eventual incorporation of eastern Ukraine into the Tsardom of Russia initiated by the 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement, whereby the Cossacks would swear allegiance to the tsar while retaining a wide degree of autonomy.What a pity blind Poles didn`t accept Cossacks as the third force ruling in the Commonwealth. We would have become a real superpower for centuries.
Instead, as I wrote, Poles shared Ukraine with Russians. There were more rebellions of peasant Ukrainians in the coming decades. Sometimes Polish troops cooperated with Russian soldiers in suppressing them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paliy_uprising
Together with a number of other Cossack polkovnyks, Paliy and his rebels captured Bila Tserkva, Fastiv, Nemirov and a few other towns. Rebellious Cossacks massacred their traditional enemies - Polish szlachta, Catholic priests and Jews - in the area they controlled. On October 17, 1702 Paliy and his Cossacks were defeated by the Polish army under hetman Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski near the town of Berdychiv and later at Nemirov and at Webricze in February 1703. Paliy's last stand was at Bila Tserkva.The cover for the strategic game Cossacks 3 : a Cossack on the left, Polish winged rider on he right
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