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Krzysztof Kosiński
Hetman
Kosiński on a 2010 stamp of Ukraine
Coat of armsRawicz
Other namesKryshtof Kosynsky
Born1545 (1545)
Died1593 (aged 47–48)
OccupationCossack noble

Krzysztof Kosiński,[1] also known as Kryshtof Kosynsky[2] (Ukrainian: Криштоф Косинський, Kryshtof Kosynsky; Polish: Krzysztof Kosiński; 1545–1593), was a Cossack noble from the Podlachia region. He was a colonel of the Registered Cossacks and self-proclaimed hetman. He led two consecutive rebellions against the local Ruthenian nobility, known as the Kosiński uprising.

Life

The Kosiński uprising (1591–1593) is a name applied to two rebellions in the eastern parts of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) organised by Krzysztof Kosiński against the local Ruthenian nobility and magnates.

His forces were first defeated by Duke Janusz Ostrogski in the Battle of Piątek on 2 February 1593. Kosiński promised to subject his forces to the Polish Monarchy; however, he soon escaped to Zaporizhzhia, where he began organizing a new army. In 1593 he set out for Cherkasy but was soon killed.

See also

References

  1. ^ Stone, Daniel (2001). The Polish-Lithuanian state, 1386–1795. University of Washington Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-295-98093-5. OL 9865895M. Wikidata Q105477423.
  2. ^ "Kosynsky, Kryshtof". Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1989)