A victory that doomed Ukraine - Battle of Zhovti Vody, 1648 - Khmelnytsky Uprising
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🚩 Khmelnytsky Uprising was a brutal war that lasted nearly a decade (1648 to 1657). Cossack warriors, under Bohdan Khmelnytsky rose against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, eventually winning their independence. However, this victory gradually led to the incorporation of eastern Ukraine into Russia, as Cossacks swore allegiance to the Tsar in exchange for greater autonomy than they enjoyed under Polish-Lithuanian rule. Ultimately, the war led to the period known as "The Ruin". The Battle of Zhovti Vody was the first major battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
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🚩 Khmelnytsky Uprising was a brutal war that lasted nearly a decade (1648 to 1657). Cossack warriors, under Bohdan Khmelnytsky rose against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, eventually winning their independence. However, this victory gradually led to the incorporation of what is today eastern Ukraine into Russia, as Cossacks swore allegiance to the Tsar in exchange for greater autonomy than they enjoyed under Polish-Lithuanian rule. Ultimately, the war led to the period known as "The Ruin". The Battle of Zhovti Vody was the first major battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
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Khmelnytsky and the Cossacks never fought for Ukraine. They fought for their rights as another state in the Republic of Poland. Khmelnytsky was not a Cossack but a Polish nobleman.
@@arturwiktor699 No, they fought to be free from Poland. But yes, his father was polish and his mother was a Cossack woman. His heritage was mixed. And his motives have been somewhat... selfish. He was in a feud with another nobleman who wanted his land and burned his crops. As he received no support from the authorities, he grew discontent and started a uprising with longlasting consequences. Poland-Lithuania never truly recovered from this uprising and Ukraine eventually became russian.
hay man / don't start propaganda here either / ukraine was not, is not and will not be a country / even now it is a shame / and a shame to keep lying about what happened in this area and what has been happening since 2014 /
Stefan Potock's advisor & military commander, Stefan Czarniecki, was also taken prisoner by the Tatars after the battle, but he escaped after that. Stefan Czarniecki is regarded as a national hero by the Kingdom of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the war with the Tatars and today, the Polish national anthem mentions his name due to his military efforts during the Swedish Deluge to prevent the invasion of Poland in 1655 using guerrilla warfare. He's regarded as one of Poland's greatest military commanders.
Yes and he also was portrayed in the great epic Potop by Sienkiewicz.
Hetman is not just Lithuanian name for commander. Apart from Poles us Czechs used it too as Hejtman, like Jan Žižka in 1420. It is in fact, probably derrived from German language: Hauptmann. For the guy in charge.
Yes Hauptman is Captain a man in charge of Company at least (roughly 100 men). Natural size of unit under direct command.
literally translated: Head man
Yeah, but the word still just meant a military commander.
To be honest, I have always been an opponent of Bohdan Khmelnyky’s personality. I understand that in Ukraine he is considered a figure of national scale, the great founder of the first more or less modern Ukrainian state (and not a fickle principality that broke away from Kiev), but I always viewed Khmelnytsky as an imperious and brutally opportunist who turned his personal vendetta and revenge into the pursuit of power. He never wanted or thought about the Ukrainian people, instead cleverly using the discontent of the peasants and Cossacks to create a state with himself at the head. And when the Poles almost crushed the Cossack state, then in a desperate attempt to save himself, Khmelnitsky threw himself at the feet of the Moscow Tsar, completely destroying any attempts to create an independent Cossack Ukrainian state.
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Not only that, but it also made it impossible to establish a lasting Commonwealth of Three Nations, with the Grand Duchy of Ruthenia as a third and equal part of the Commonwealth, besides the Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
You just have a warped perception of what the world was like before nationalism. You can’t expect Garibaldi behavior from 17th century warlord
@@kiriankador782exactly!
@@kiriankador782Nah
History: how many names of people/places in Eastern Europe can you butcher? HistoryMarche: YES
Not gonna lie, that was funny 🤣
I'd rather they make a reasonable effort and butcher them with English phonetics than use an AI voiceover. These guys really do a phenomenal job, and they're one of only a few with any interest in central and eastern Europe of this period. If I want high-quality, exceptionally-researched, brilliantly-animated content (and I do), I'm willing to accept a few name butcherings. In their defense, the Polish spellings are damn near unpronounceable anyway. It's almost as bad as French... or Welsh!
Despite this narrator being English, he butchers the hell out of English names too. It's a phenomenon.
Frenchmen: "First time?"
I found 2 correct ones! Potocki and Sapieha :D
Poles always suprised me, just how good they are considering being almost always outnumbered, even after being betrayed by their own cossacks infantry, they stood. Only after violating the treaty they were killed. What a cowardly move from Khmelnytsky
However, you should understand that on these lands, Polish representatives for years treated local people like cheap dirt. The amount of hate towards them was as high as it can be. And many cossacs shared the feeling. I'm not saying that breaking a treaty is good, but Cossacks were not a real army, but rebellions. There was nobody to judge their actions no government behind them, so Poland's army made a big mistake in the first place even to negotiate.
Regiment Cossacks arrived later. This's a perspective written by a polish chronicler : ) i don't deny, Commonwealth was the strongest country\ or one of strongest at a time but would be cool to see Cossacks perspective too.
@@KIVagantbullshit, on that time it was Rus Magnates who were opressing cossacks and peasants. Duke Jarema Wiśniowiecki had Rurikid origins, he 'owned' by 1648 ~400 000 people. Even today, local Ukrainian oligarchs(magnates back then) are opressing Ukraine as a state and Ukrainians as a people.
Yeah b/c independent Ukraine has done so much better for its people. It couldn't even keep the legacy infrastructure and living standards left to it by the Soviet Union going, and instead sold itself to Black Rock and the chosen tribe. The US asks Ukraine to drop her pants and all she says back is, "which hole?". What a pathetic "country". And stop making excuses for lying and cheating, a man's word doesn't need a government contract behind it, if your word isn't worth anything, you better be powerful enough to impose your will on the entire world b/c no one will trust you, and you will make enemies out of everyone you rip off. @@KIVagant
@@kosa9662 He was with the poles was he not? Ethnicity is not the concern. The kingdom is
Its amazing that Cossaks and tatars needed such huge numerical advantage, deceit, betrayal and oath breaking to defeat that army.
There's a notable role of Ivan Barabas - Cherkassy colonel loyal to the Polish king, he was a Cossack commander loyal to the king, during the rebellion of other Cossacks during this battle, even though he was an old man in his 60's, he rose from his seat on one of the support ships going down the river and started fighting alongside his personal retinue. Despite all his men were slaughtered within first 10 minutes, he was so greatly revered by the traitors due to the tales of his past exploits against the Turks nobody would dare approach him and he killed two that did make initial challenge. Unfortunately he slipped in a puddle of blood on the deck of the ship and once down he was pierced by numerous men. Another notable figure was captain Werner of the German mercenary infantry. Cossacks tried bribing him and promised him mountains of gold for switching sides, but he just said that despite Polish Crown was late with payments and their doom was certain if they refused his contract stipulates they are hired until June that year - an ordered his men to fire at the Tatars and Cossacks during the negotiations. Supposedly the German brigade were the last men standing south of the river from the entirety of Polish Commonwealth's army.
It's Polish perspective
@@MegaHappydead Based on what? He didnt mention whos account he used, and as far as i know they look at different accounts.
@@hooywamd00pe95 there is no different accounts O .o This is Polish perspective - check wikipedia... Written by polish chronicler.. Also, he made a couple of mistakes
@@MegaHappydead lol wikipedia...really? You have no proof they only used the joke that is wikipedia, you assume things for some reason, probably because of some bias.
1.Battle of Trembowla 2. Battle of Chocim Please consider these battles, I would like to see them on your channel, it would be amazing on behalf of Poland and Poles!
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@@anktus5292 now at the bottom.
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@@anktus5292 chodzi mu o to, że w omawianej bitwie Polacy dostali wpierdol, że głowa mała
Ruthenians to Poles: "Give us your weapons, and we'll have peace. We definitely won't betray you and immediately attack afterwards!" Doesn't this sound kinda... familiar?
But if you watch the history of rebellions before Khmelnitsky's, there were times when Poles executed negotiators and did similar things, cause Cossacks were considered a some kind of terrorists by the Poles, so it's merely same thing as Polish-Lithuanian nobles did. And don't forget that many of these nobles who fought at Polish-Lithuanian side had a Ruthenian roots, like Wishnevetskiy or Ostrozhskiy, so it was kinda civil war between two sides of Ruthenians and Poles and Lithuanians
@@user-lt7nc7lc2d that's true
@@user-lt7nc7lc2d nonthense, as if you try to look in documents of that time - a lot of mentions Rusyns( Ruthenians are latinised version of it) there, at that territories To say more - Ruthenian Voivodeship (Województwo ruskie) didn't include Transkarpatia in it, but included nowadays Halychyna and part of Volyn Rusyn(Ruthenian) is ethnonym of people that lived on territories that is Ukraine now, language/culture/religion were common things and these that unified all these people. And language and Religion were known as Rusyn(Rus'ka to be correct) Why Transkarpatians are keep that ethnonym until today - because of Hungarians/Chech who called them so until middle of 20th century While russians and Polish abandoned that name from 18th century and started to call people/language Ukrainian
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There were no lakes on the Dnipr back then I think. The corresponding dams hadn´t been built yet.
The same thing bothers me on every single history video :)
Informative AND entertaining documentary.
AND blatantly propagandist....
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And thank you very much for this:)
EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS
Thank you! Cheers!
Historymarche never dissapoints us
But they did disappoint with this propaganda bs, no 'ukraine' existed in 17th century.... and no, I'm not Russian but this is a blatant revisionism: 'a victory that doomed ukraine'. Same propaganda $ht as Kings and Generals and 99% of Murican Mickey Mouse channels.
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Another great video HM! as always!
Never heard about Ukrainian state at that time. Where did you get such information.
Ukrainian revisionist propaganda 😂😂😂
It exist only in the Soviet union but only a part of it. Ukran state founded in 24 of august. 1991. Fact.
i think this happened shortly before the Ukrainians dug out the black sea by hand to have access to the oceans.
Do you know at this time there was no Russia either? There was Moscow duchy.
@@kebabitas there were no French Republic, Great Britain and etc. as well.
Interesting video. Nice work!
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Well they didn't surrender to Russia but joined on their free will
Not all of the Cossacs supported bending the knee to Russian Tsar.
almost like they want to be Russian 🤔
@@uberneanderthal Well in that time religion came first and then nationality. Given that today Ukrainian and Russian language are similar, back then i presume that the language barrier was even slimmer.
Better study history))) after Khmelnytskyi, his successor was Ivan Vyhovskyi who defeated the Muscovites near Konotop. Then Ivan Mazepa tried together with the Swedish king to defeat the army of Peter 1 near Poltava. Ukraine-Rus was trapped by the enemies of the Ottomans, Poland, and Muscovites.
@@jak00bspyr72 the Pereyasli Rada was an alliance from Russia with the Muscovites. But as you know, the Muscovites are a very treacherous people, they took advantage of this alliance for their own benefit, this did not happen to the Rusyn Cossacks, and they crushed their army under the sword.
Very nice! Leserknown history, thanks1 Hope to see battle of Korsun next time!
Great video
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@@HistoryMarche Always Huge fan
"Colonel Crook-nose" is a literally translation of colonel`s family name Kryvonis. Please, make a note about that )
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As always, thank you for the great content.
Love this era and especially Eastern theater related history. Keep it coming!!!
It was not a simple "uprising" as the historiography of tsarist and communist Russia would described it, or the nationalist Ukrainian historiography that today copies those Russian theses. Khmelnytsky started a rebellion. This rebellion had the features of a civil war within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Lol. I remembered the Chinese would say thus about the Xiongnu 2000 years ago: "The nomads are not bound by honoring the trust, and are prone to break pacts."
Just like the Chinese broke numerous pacts with the nomads. People in general are like that
Orkhon inscriptions literally calls Chinese liars and deceits from the 7th century.
Quite common thing in that time :) And in addition - quite common among rebels
not sure how long ago you fixed the knife in dead generals being skewed during animation, but glad to see it!
This video does not state clearly that the rebellion of Cossacks happened separately from the main field of battle that's why there's a confusion about the numbers. The rebellion in which Ivan Barabas was killed and his second in command took Cossack forces to Chmielnitsky happened some 20/30 kilometers from Potocki's and Polish encampment before they managed to join forces. Indeed the total forces on the Polish side were in the end: - 150 Polish nobles, organized into hussar shock cavalry constituting Potocki's personal retinue and elite - 550 Cossack light riders from private household regiments of Polish aristocrats (they stayed loyal) - 550 Polish and Ruthenian dragoons - 1500 registered Cossacks under 3 Polish officers (they betrayed almost to a man) So in the end I think Polish side couldn't have had more than 1250-1300 fighters that were loyal throughout entire engagement. Source: The composition of Polish forces at Yellow Waters and near Korsun in 1648, "Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy", 16 (67)/2 (252), 2015, pp. 39-62
Please make series about Khmelnytsky Uprising (for instance Defense of Zbaraż or battle of Berestreczko)
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Your animations and music add so much to these videos. Very engaging, thank you!
Thank you very much!
Please can you do the Battle of Berestechko?
Brilliant! One thing though - back then the correct name was Tsardom of Moscowy, not russia, the latter appeared only around early 18th century
The Cossacks and Tatars made a good team.
Most Tatars are modem day Russians 🇷🇺😎
Pretty good pronunciation of Polish names and surnames. Respect
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How come you made such awesome video, but did map wrong? In XVII century there were no dams on Dnieper, and hence, there were no reservoirs that you displayed :)
Yeah that struck me as odd. I'm like this can't be right.
Everything is wrong with this video it's pushing Polish propaganda.
The names are the least concerning aspect considering it's a video about a country that didn't even exist. Political bullshit, why can't they just do history.
Yeah, that map is garbage. They've also put Yelisavetgrad there, which was obviously founded later, during the Russian Empire period. I mean, the town is named after a Russian empress (Yelisaveta/Elizabeth), how could a person who is supposed to know the history of the region put it there.
Dude, Russia and USSR build nothing, it was made by anciet Ukrainians Jesus Christenko and Abraham Lincolnenko.😂
Outnumbered 11 to 1 and still they stood tall, survived betrayal and mutiny, loosing only due to cowardly move from Khmelnytsky
Still lost.
@@PenastaThat is such a non-statement.
@@PenastaIn fact, the Ukrainian rabble lost the chance to be part of European civilization.
@@polishgigachad7097so true, Poland is so better without those Ukrainian/Rus' corruption and oligarchs.
@@polishgigachad7097 Yes it marks Polands decline.
One more unto the algorithm dear friends once more
Can you pls do some polynesian wars? Battle of gate pa?
Love your videos. They are a great way of encouraging wider audience to study the subject on their own. Also ignore people whining about pronouncing names correctly. I for example take unhealthy amount of pride in that my language can be considered a torture method😊
Violated the treaty by taking their cannons and not provided a safe passage. Cowards, that's what they are.
Correct, but so did the Commonwealth by taking his land.
@lemonacidrounds7293 Couldn’t agree more
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@@Mastakilla91 "Commonwealth" took "his land" where? Apparently, his family thought they could hold their private possessions by the power of smekalka alone, never formalizing their ownership. Which was then inevitably contested by a bigger fish who knew how to (mis)use lawyers. "Commonwealth" had never taken "his land", as this entire region _was_ Commonwealth, by, funny enough, democratic decision of _Ruthenian_ nobility in 1569.
True
Great work as always! Thanks you HistoryMarche! Much respect
Please make now Battle of Berestechko, great polish victory against the cossacks what was not used well bc of King and nobility
When Ukraine and Poland fight each other Russia wins, when they work together Russia lose, that's why we need them to work togheter.
Tell that to the Ukrainians... maybe they will finally understand.
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More PLC history :)
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Historical face palm
Any similarty with current events is not pure coincidence. Its what happens when people dont learn history.
Yes, until the Tatars betrayed the Cossacks😏
Very informative!!!€
Bro, the image of the video didn’t load at first. My heart skipped a beat when I read the title XD
Was ukrain name used in year 1600?
Great job ! Btw Polish ( or more accurately Russ ) magnat name was Jeremi Wiśniowiecki - you can spell it something like Vishniovecky :)
Holy cow that name lol. My narrator had such a hard time with Polish names haha
@@HistoryMarche easier and more correctly as Vish-neo-vets-ky it is not hard just a bit to get used to 🙂
Він був українським шляхтичем
Yes, indeed 😃
He wasnt Polish, he was catholic Rus, his family traced their lineage back from Rurikids.
The Polish nobles were probably fighting amongst themselves about prioritizing farm upgrades, especially heavy plow, and not putting any farms next to TC, but only around folwarks
why does the voice cut in and out so much? are these pre recorded voice bits just edited together? or an AI voice program?
It is nice that you made a video about the history of Ukraine, but the video is not entirely true, namely: 1. it is not indicated that Pototsky additionally asked registered Cossacks to swear allegiance, since they formed the basis of the corps that descended the Dnieper under the leadership of Barabash and Krychevskyi. 2. The corps of Krychevsky and Barabash, due to the difficulty of Veliky Lug (your map is not reliable at the time, there was no Kakhovsky reservoir at that time) moved to a distance of 100 km from the son of Pototsky, and over time they arrived near Sich, where they were approached by Khmelnytskyi's negotiators, who convinced them to join . Khmelnytskyi's supporters cut down the dragoons and Cossacks loyal to the crown and went to the aid of Bohdan, who then demonstratively marched in front of the Polish camp, which greatly weakened the morale of Pototskyi's troops. For some reason, you have the 2nd corps with all the troops in the camp; 2. it is not indicated that the Ukrainians and Tatars carried out false attacks in order to tire Pototsky's army (Tatars during the day, Cossacks at night); 3. it is not indicated that Mykolai Pototsky could have been in time to help his son, but he was disoriented by the number of Tatars, so he hesitated and did not make it; 4. the thesis that "Cossacks and Tatars planned fraudulent negotiations..." the Poles wanted to leave the place due to a lack of provisions and went to negotiate with the Ukrainians, according to which the Poles gave guns and flags, where one of the conditions was the exchange of hostages, to strengthen the agreement, is not true . However, Pototsky had to negotiate separately with the Tatars, who could not come to an agreement and the agreement broke down, Khmelnytskyi did not deceive anyone, moreover, he could not imprison the hostages, who were the cementing factor of the agreement; 5. it is not indicated about the Cossack outpost, which prevented the path of Pototsky's army (during the movement of Pototsky's army, the Tatars conducted shelling and small attacks on the flanks), as a result of which the Tatars surrounded the army and defeated it.
Це пізда ми пройобуємо інформаційну війну усім нашим історичним ворогам і тому вестерни пишуть повну хуйню в коментарях як завжди
Ukraine didnt exist then
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In the "Khmelnytskyi" name, the "Kh" sound is softer; there's no "K" in it. English "H" is, basically, a breath out. The slavik sound is made by pressing the tongue closer to the palate, but it's still soft. That's why the transliteration for the letter/sound is "Kh". There's simply no letter in the English alphabet that would fit the sound perfectly. As for Chyhyryn, well, I don't even know how to explain the pronunciation using English letters. But I like how you try to be accurate with all these international names. Kudos for that! Another update: Zhovti Vody means Yellow Waters, and Zhovti River means "Yellow River".
no one cares
Mel Gibson would call Ruthenia Ukraine as well
This video send me shivers down my spine. This is one of my favourite subjects of European history. Knowing how Khmelnitsky revolt started enlightened me even more on the subject. I fell in love with it through Sienkiewich. I have read The trilogy and they are one of the greatest books I have read. Figures like prince Wiesniowicki, Szkretuski, Wolodyjowski, Podbipieta, Bohun, Hmelnytski, Tuhai Bei and above anyone else pan Zagloba have strenghtened me, gave courage to me and helped me in a way. I remember from Through fire and sword the siege of Zbaraz...Some time passed since I've read it, but I still feel goosebumps remembering that magnificent piece of literature. Oh, the might and wisdom of Jarema Wisniowicki, the military prowess and courage of Szkreruski, the perfection in sword wielding: Wolodyjowski, the sheer power and warmness in the same time of Podbipieda, the menace and incredible power of the Hatman of the Cossacks, the military prowess and menace of Tuhai Bei and Bohun and the incredible wisdom and wit of this new Uysses, Zagloba. History Marche, thanks for covering this. Sienkiewich made these wars immortal. You guys bring it to us from a historical, accurate point of view so this is good.
A good film.
Hey Legalna, great to see you
Please make video on Roman vs Hannibal.
He goes into great length covering the second Punic war
Good video
great
There is a good polish book and movie based on the book about this war, called "with fire and sword", or "Ogniem i Mieczem". Also a Mount and blade game as well.
Love the channel. However if you want to support HM, just directly do so. There's a few videos breaking down the quality of the knives advertised.
Amazing video! I always enjoy listening to the pronunciation of Polish names by narrators from abroad hahaha. Really hope for a whole series about the uprising and the following Russo-Polish War
I'd just mention for the context. In Polish forces at that time the term "Cossack" reffered to any type of light cavalry, so not necessary cossacks from Ukraine/Russia
Victory without the honor
The polish forces, during this time have a lot of this moments, fought well as underdog until they were betrayed. Today i have learnt that the early "Ukrainian " "state" is based on huge dick moves.
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Thanks! I know it was hard to spell correct names of regions, cities and participants of this war, but you did pretty good! Thanks for your work!
never trust your enemy
Ukraine? You mean diet Russians?
On the map you showing Nikolaev city, but it was founded in 1789.
Not only this is shown incorrectly. Note that the course of the Dnieper River also looked different. They show what the Dnieper looks like today, with dams built on the river not in the times of Khmelnytsky of course, but in the times of the USSR. The stylized maps are apparently based on today's terrain. That is why, for example, in the material about the Battle of Kircholm, is showed the dam on the Dvina River, which was built in the 20th century. History Marche is channel that popularizes history. It's content is not created by experts, historians, archaeologists or researchers, but by some history buffs. They often make mistakes or oversimplify what they talk about, but that doesn't stop me from watching their materials with interest. You just need to be aware that to acquire historical knowledge you reach for books, museums, etc. not on KZhead. This is still just entertainment, not real knowledge.
I love how you try to say koniecpolski
I hope you cover the battle of Korsun as well.
'Chyhyryn' should be correctly pronounced as [tʃihirin] not [hyhyryn]
The shilling here is insane. No such thing as ukraine back then lol
facts dont matter, condemn hummus and ruzzia
what are you talking about? There was no Ukrainian nationality but ukraine existed, unless you think that the eastern part of Poland did not exist
@@owoc8260 it was eastern poland, not ukraine
@@sss1029 So I understand that the act of incorporation of Volhynia, the Halych land of Ukraine by Poland from Lithuania in 1569 did not exist. At that time, the word Ukraine was already used in Polish, interchangeably with "Kyivishzna" or Kijowszyzna
@@owoc8260 youre disproving yourself in your own comments. Incorporating some disjointed peasant borderlands into poland ≠ existence of ukraine as a country
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Now please do video on the battle of Berestechko, another great battle regarding Khmelnytsky Uprising. Cheers!
This is probably my favorite "lesser known" war in Europe. Amazing how the Poles managed to come back after the disastrous defeats against the Cossacks. Also, and this might be an exaggeration on my part 😅, I swear the Russians never forgot the Times of Troubles and wanted to destroy Poland in particular just as much as they wanted to expand their influence. And I think they kept this grudge until the third partition, almost 200 years
More like 400+ years :D
Они до сих пор мечтают дойти до Варшавы,но дошли до Авдеевки!
Cossacks and Tatars destroyed Ukraine and Russia The Swedish invasion destroyed the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The Muscovite invasion destroyed Lithuania The elites betrayed, the weak king found himself in exile outside the country. There was even a plan to partition the ruined Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. But it was the Polish nation which changes it (in the political and cultural sense Polish, because ethnically the nobility had Polish, Lithuanian and Ruthenian origins) Polish Nobility and its sacrifice saved the Polish-Lithuanian Republic... or rather postponed its destruction, as the country never recovered from the devastation. Because it was their country, their freedoms, their way of life, which they defended devotedly.
Not exactly. Moscow tried to retaliate and, after reforming its army reached for Smolensk in 1632, but Moscow suffered a spectacular defeat and the ruling elites in Russia decided to change their policy and cooperate with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1648 a plan to conquer the Crimean Khanate began to be implemented, in which Poland and Russia were equally interested. When the Khmeilnytsky Rebellion broke out, the Tsar seriously considered helping the Poles. However, the Salt Riot in Moscow, the influence of Orthodox priests and various agents changed the mind of the Tsar. Above all, Moscow's attitude was changed by the unprecedented, disastrous and humiliating defeats of the Polish army. New political opportunities have opened up for Moscow when Khmeilnytsky gave Ukraine to Tsar, but the northern direction was still a priority for Moscow. Tsar Alexius and Patriarch Nikon announced an Orthodox 'crusade' against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. They attacked the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - finally sizing Smolensk and destroyed Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, turning the city into desolate ruins. Only the occupation of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland by the Swedes, the flight of the Polish king from the country and the apparent destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth changed Moscow's plans for fear of a sudden increase in Swedish power. Game of Thrones, considering what was happening in the european 17th century, is a children's fantasy fairy tale.
I wouldn't call it a disastrous defeat. We have started this war with very small forces. Yes, they were lost, but a much bigger army eventually came to end the war.
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Ге́тманщина (Cossack Hetmanate, 1649 AD - 1764 AD) was founded during the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648 AD - 1657 AD) in the eastern territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569 AD - 1795 AD). The Battle of Zhovti Vody ( 29 April - 16 May 1648) was the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Crimean Tatars VICTORY against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
There's a notable role of Ivan Barabas - Cherkassy colonel loyal to the Polish king, he was a Cossack commander loyal to the king, during the rebellion of other Cossacks during this battle, even though he was an old man in his 60's, he rose from his seat on one of the support ships going down the river and started fighting alongside his personal retinue. Despite all his men were slaughtered within first 10 minutes, he was so greatly revered by the traitors due to the tales of his past exploits against the Turks nobody would dare approach him and he killed two that did make initial challenge. Unfortunately he slipped in a puddle of blood on the deck of the ship and once down he was pierced by numerous men. Another notable figure was captain Werner of the German mercenary infantry. Cossacks tried bribing him and promised him mountains of gold for switching sides, but he just said that despite Polish Crown was late with payments and their doom was certain if they refused his contract stipulates they are hired until June that year - an ordered his men to fire at the Tatars and Cossacks during the negotiations. Supposedly the German brigade were the last men standing south of the river from the entirety of Polish Commonwealth's army.
Cherkasy, NOT "Cherkassy"!
Nothing good ever came out of this civil war, neither for the Poles, nor the Ukrainian Cossacs. For the Poles, the Uprising meant horrible losses in regular army and nobility of The Crown, and this was an opportunity which Sweden and Russia seized. The Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648-1657), and following Russo-Polish war (1654-1667) and the Swedish Deluge (1655-1660) will result in near complete occupation of the country, total devastation of the economy, loss of about 1/3 of the Crown's population and horrible losses in the army from which The Commonwealth would never recover. For the Ukrainians, the uprising resulted in Russian Tsar taking control over half of the modern-day Ukraine, and Cossacks servitute to their new master will bring them nothing but less and less freedoms, up to total liquidation of Zaporozhian Sich and abolition of all Cossack privilages, along with total loss of hope for creation of The Commonwealth of Three Nations, with Grand Duchy of Ruthenia as a third and equal part along the Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From that time the russification of Ukraine would begin and soon the weakened Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth would become undone in the partitions.
Yeah the way it all did end up for poles and ukrainians is kinda sad. I am polish myself and my family from my father's side were nobles and did have some sort of land in Ukraine. I can totally understand the reasons for Khmelnytsky's uprising, the ukrainians really were getting treated worse and worse as time passed. The amount of cossacks in the polish army was getting reduced so they plundered on their own accord, which often resulted in conflicts against the Ottoman Empire, something which Poland tried to avoid. But sadly for both sides after the uprising the situation deteroriated for both sides - Poland obviously lost land and subjects and was thrown into wars which could all be avoided if only cossacks were treated better. The ukrainians sought to find their freedom, but ironically found themselves under the boot of Russians who subjugated them and mistreated them even more than the polish did, it would take them more than 300 years to get their independence.
Poles were landowners who worked the Ukrainians to death with little compensation, and would would use the regions were cossacks settled as a buffer against Tatars, Russians and Ottomans. The rebellion was a huge success the problem was that Ukraine was surrounded by 3 major superpowers of that time, each having imperial ambitions.
There were never any Ukrainian Cossacks, there were just Cossacks. Writing about Ukrainians in the 17th century is as idiotic as writing about US knights in the Middle Ages. Ukrainians began to form as a nation in the 19th century.
@@pancakes429 Lots of propaganda I see here. First of all, many Ruthenians were also nobles. Some even powerful magnates. Jeremi Wiśniowiecki was an example of such magnate, he was a Ruthenian, who only changed his faith from Orthodox to Catholic one. Many Cossacks were also landowners, while peasantry was treated just as in any other part of the Crown, though there are many post-communist misconceptions about how the peasants were really treated at that time. And while The Wild Fields served in fact as a form of a buffer zone, it was still one protected by the army of the Crown of Poland, which on multiple occasions had to protect today's Ukraine from invasions, ones that were often provoked by Cossack raids into Crimea and Turkey. The problem of the Cossack rebellion was not that it was surrounded by other major powers, but the fact that creation of the independent Ukrainian state was never really the ultimate goal for Khmelnytsky. He started the whole war due to personal reasons, and as it escalated further and further his own power was the only thing that mattered. The Cossacks under Khmelnytsky brought freedom and privilages only to themselves, not anyone else, especially the peasants, which were often sold into Tatar slavery as a form of securing Khan's support.
@@pancakes429 This is exactly what the Polonized Russian nobility did. It was the Russian lord who oppressed Russian and Polish peasants. The largest noble families in the history of the Republic of Poland were the Ruthenian families (e.g. Wiśniowiecki, Sapieha, Chodkiewicz) and the Radziwiłł family from Lithuania.
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Please new hannibal vid!! Or did u abandon it?
When Hannibal part 20???
Aren't those knives a scam.
while overall i did enjoy the video i do take issue with one thing. since the integration of eastern ukraine into the tsardom of russia is hinted at in the title it, as a topic, should probably have a more prominent position in the video itself. having it only referenced in the footnotes at the end feels underwhelming.
Thank you for an amazing (History Marche) channel for sharing this magnificent historical coverage video about the earliest history page of Ukraine 🇺🇦 organizations by calibration between cossack warriors( past registered cossacks of PL commonwealth warriors) and Crimean Tatars against Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth troopers..
the early history of Ukraine begins in the 20th century. What this material presents is the history of the Cossacks. Cossacks are not Ukrainians. This nation has its origins in the 19th century. A Cossack living in the 17th century would not have gotten along with a Ukrainian because he spoke a different language.
No "ukraine" existed in 17th century, or actually until 1991..... Cossacks had nothing to do with these polonized Galicians so-called "ukrainians" today.
@@arturwiktor699Khmelnytskyi, who said that: "Mother Ukraine gave birth to us", and also: "Remember the exploits of the previous Ukrainian (Rus') soldiers, and also: "There are branches of the same tree and brave soldiers, son, show courage."
@@arturwiktor699 I'd like to see modern Poles trying to communicate with Polish nobility and avoiding death by Latin.
@@Saeronor It's not that modern English people, for example, would have a problem communicating with Englishmen from the 17th century. But they would get along sooner than, for example, Moroccans. The difference between Russian and Ukrainian is the same as Latin and Italian. Belarusians who also live in the former Kievan Rus have a different language from Ukrainian. Read about the history of these areas and see for what period Ruthenians from what is now Ukraine and Belarus lived in separate countries. Not a decade. Because Ukrainians, as a nation, were created in the Austrian partition, they lived separated throughout the entire partition period, hence the differences. The Ukrainian language was not created by the inhabitants of the entire Kievan Rus', but rather of Halych Vladimir's.