Cossacks defeat the Poles

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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What had begun as a rebellion of Russian Cossacks begins to turn into a full-scale war against the Polish nobility, when a rebel army almost 10 000 strong defeats the Poles at the Battle of Zhovti Vody in modern-day Ukraine.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Cossacks defeat the Poles". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 April 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=17623, accessed 23 November 2024.]

17623 Cossacks defeat the Poles 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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