Equestrian statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595-1657), the first Cossack Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host, at Sophia Square in Kiev, Ukraine

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Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (c. 1595 – 6 August 1657) was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Ukraine. He led an uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates (1648–1654) which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state. In 1654, he concluded the Treaty of Pereyaslav with the Tsardom of Russia, which led to the eventual loss of independence to the Russian Empire.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Sofiivska Square, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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