Khmelnytsky family

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The Khmelnytsky family was a prominent Cossack noble lineage in early modern Ukraine, best known for producing Bohdan Khmelnytsky, leader of the mid-17th-century Cossack uprising against Polish rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cossack noble family
early modern Ukrainian noble lineage
noble family
activeInCentury 16th century
17th century
activeInPeriod early modern period
associatedEvent Khmelnytsky Uprising NERFINISHED
establishment of the Cossack Hetmanate
associatedWithCity Chyhyryn NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ukraine NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ukrainians NERFINISHED
hereditaryStatus hereditary Cossack nobility
historicalSignificance central role in formation of early modern Ukrainian statehood
symbol of Ukrainian Cossack leadership
knownFor leadership in Cossack political and military affairs
role in the Cossack uprising of 1648–1657
landholdingsRegion Chyhyryn region NERFINISHED
language Ruthenian
Ukrainian
legacy commemorated in Ukrainian historiography
subject of monuments and place names in Ukraine
militaryRole Cossack officers
notableMember Bohdan Khmelnytsky NERFINISHED
Hanna Somko (née Khmelnytska) NERFINISHED
Mykhailo Khmelnytsky NERFINISHED
Yurii Khmelnytsky NERFINISHED
patrilinealDescent Khmelnytsky line NERFINISHED
politicalActivity opposition to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth rule in Ukrainian lands
politicalAllegiance Cossack Hetmanate NERFINISHED
politicalRole hetman family
region Ruthenian lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
Zaporizhian Host NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
socialClass Cossack starshyna NERFINISHED
surnameOrigin Slavic

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Yurii Khmelnytsky notableFamily Khmelnytsky family