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Bohdan Khmelnytsky

1595 - 1657

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Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богдан Хмелнiцкiи; modern Ukrainian: Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; c. 1595 – 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of an independent Ukrainian Cossack state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bohdan Khmelnytsky has received more than 599,940 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Bohdan Khmelnytsky is the 67th most popular military personnel (down from 63rd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky is most famous for leading a Ukrainian Cossack army in the mid-17th century to fight the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and establish an independent Ukraine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 67 out of 1,466. Before him are Mikhail Kutuzov, Günther von Kluge, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Seleucus I Nicator, Edward Smith, and Ivan Konev. After him are Stanislav Petrov, Ferdinand Foch, Hattori Hanzō, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Wilhelm Canaris, and Andrea Doria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 3. Before him are Pocahontas and Władysław IV Vasa. After him are Injo of Joseon, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Alessandro Algardi, Dirck van Baburen, Vasile Lupu, Jean Chapelain, Albert Girard, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski. Among people deceased in 1657, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 3. Before him are William Harvey and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Frans Snyders, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Kâtip Çelebi, Laura Mancini, Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Andrew Bobola.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 14 out of 913. Before him are Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), John III Sobieski (1629), Joseph Conrad (1857), Ilya Repin (1844), Helena Blavatsky (1831), and Hafsa Sultan (1479). After him are Svetlana Alexievich (1948), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Andrei Chikatilo (1936), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), and Anna Akhmatova (1889).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky ranks 1. After him are Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Nestor Makhno (1888), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), Mamai (1335), Ivan Paskevich (1782), Alexander Samsonov (1859), Mikhail Kirponos (1892), Alfred Redl (1864), Roman Shukhevych (1907), Kirill Moskalenko (1902), and Grigory Kulik (1890).

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