Битва на Жовтих Водах (1648 р.) Перша перемога Хмельниччини

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On May 16, 1648, the Battle of Zhovti Vody (Yellow Watters) ended. In this battle Cossack rebells led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky in the union with the Tatars completely defeated the punitive army of Stefan Pototsky. It was the first battle of Khmelnytskyi Uprising - a brutal and bloody war that would last for a whole decade and forever change th... Read More