Bogdan Khmelnytsky

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Богдан Хмельницький
Hetman of Zaporizhian Host
In office 30 January 1648 – 6 August 1657
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	Yurii Khmelnytsky
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Born	Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky 1595 Subotiv, Kiev Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	6 August 1657 (aged 61–62) Chyhyryn, Cossack Hetmanate
Nationality	Polish, Ruthenian
Spouse(s)	Hanna Somkivna, Helena Czaplińska (), Hanna Zolotarenko,
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Noble family	Khmelnytsky family

Zynoviy Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ruthenian language: Ѕѣнові Богдан Хмелнiцкiи; modern Ukrainian: Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький, translit. Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky; Polish: Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki; c. 1595 – 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now part of Ukraine). He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of a state led by the Cossacks of Ukraine. In 1654, he concluded the Treaty of Pereyaslav with the Tsardom of Russia.

Although there is no definite proof of the date of Khmelnytsky's birth, Ukrainian historian Mykhaylo Maksymovych suggests that it is likely 27 December 1595 (St. Theodore's day). As was the custom in the Orthodox Church, he was baptized with one of his middle names, Theodor, translated into Ukrainian as Bohdan. A biography of Khmelnytsky by Smoliy and Stepankov, however, suggests that it is more likely he was born on 9 November (feast day of St Zenoby, 30 October in Julian calendar) and was baptised on 11 November (feast day of St. Theodore in the Catholic Church).

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