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The Bohun Uprising of 1659 was a popular uprising in Right Bank Ukraine against Ivan Vyhovsky, led by Ivan Bohun.

Bohun's Uprising
Part of The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
Date1659
Location
Result Rebel victory
Belligerents
 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth border=no Zaporozhian Cossacks
Commanders and leaders

John II

border=no Ivan Vyhovsky

border=no Ivan Bohun

border=no Ivan Sirko

Background

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With the signing of the Treaty of Hadiach with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Vyhovsky in September 1658 and the defeat of the Moscovite army at Konotop.Many Cossacks loyal to the Tsar saw this as a betrayal and chose to rebel.

Uprising

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In 1659, the combined forces of the Russian army of Grigory Romodanovsky and the Cossack regiments of Ivan Bohun, Ivan Bezpaly and the Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ivan Sirko defeated the army led by Vyhovsky near Lubny and Lokhvitsa . After the defeat, Vyhovsky began negotiations on accepting Ukraine into Turkish citizenship and turned to the Crimean Tatars for help . Ivan Bohun and Ivan Sirko defeated the Tatars and moved on the hetman's capital of Chigirin .

Aftermath

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Vyhovsky fled to territory under Polish control, where he was subsequently shot (March 17, 1664 in the village of Rokytnoye, Kiev Voivodeship).

Reference

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Bibliography

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  • Malov, A. (2006). Русско-Польская война 1654-1667 гг. [Russo-Polish War 1654-1667] (in Russian). Цейхгауз. ISBN 5-94038-111-1.
  • Babulin, Igor (2015). Борьба за Украину и битва под Конотопом (1658-1659 гг.) [The Struggle for Ukraine and the Battle of Konotop (1658-1659)] (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-903389-99-5.