The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Political Plans of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1648 – the First Part of 1649)

Valerii Stepankov
Doctor of Historical Sciences (Dr. hab. in History), Professor,
Kamyanets-Podilskyi State University (Ukraine, Kamianets-Podilskyi),
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/ul2009.01.089

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Abstract

The article deals with the research of the urgent scientific problem of the fundamentals of the Ukrainian-Lithuanian connections in the middle of the 17th century formation. On the basis of the analysis of the different sources find out that B. Khmelnitskiy in summer of 1648 tried, from the one hand, to avoid aggravation of the relations with the Grand Duchy of the Lithuania, and from the other hand – spread his authority upon its southern regions. Provided in historiography thesis about creation of plan of the joint action between the Ukrainian hetman, the prince of Transil’vanija and Ya. Radziwall against the polish king on the beginning of 1649 is groundless. In spring of 1649 B. Khmelnitskiy had matured intentions to capture territory of the Lithuanian Duchy, which failed because of defeats of the Ukrainian troops under Loev.

 

Keywords

Ukrainian-Lithuanian connections, B. Khmelnitskiy, Ya. Radziwall, hetman, politics, Lithuanian Duchy.

 

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Archiwum Główny Akt Dawnych w Warszawie [The Central Archive of Ancient Documents in Warsaw].
Biblioteka Książąt Czartoryskich [The Princes Czartoryski Library].
Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie [National Library of Poland].
Biblioteka Naukowa Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności i Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie [The Scientific Library of the PAAS and the PAS in Cracow].
Biblioteka Raczyńskich [Raczyński Library].
Львівська національна наукова бібліотека ім. В. Стефаника. Відділ рукописів [Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv. Department of Manuscripts].
Центральний державний історичний архів України, м. Києві [The State Historical Archive in Kyiv].

 

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