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Bogdan Khmelnitsky Zinovy ​​Mikhailovich (December 27, 1595, Saturday - July 27 (6 August) 1657, Chygyryn) - Glorious Hetman of Zaporozhye grassroots troops, military leader and statesman, founder and ideological leader of insurrection against the authorities of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which resulted in during the nine-year struggle, became the basis of the new state formation - Zaporizhia Army, which in Rzeczpospolita (formally), and then Russia lasted until the end of the XVIII century. Another result was the killing of tens of thousands of Jews