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Battle of Pohost, the Glossary

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Battle of Pohost — an armed clash that took place on 4 September 1648, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Banner, Battle, Bridge, Cavalry, Cossack Hetmanate, Cossacks, Fortification, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655), Khmelnytsky Uprising, Lithuanians, Mile, Novogrudok, Peasant, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Prince, Province, River, Siege, Sluch, Slutsk, Town, Turov, Belarus, Vilnius, Wagon.

  2. Battles of the Khmelnytsky Uprising

A banner can be a flag or another piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or another message.

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Battle

A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size.

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Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Cossack Hetmanate

The Cossack Hetmanate (Hetmanshchyna; see other names), officially the Zaporozhian Host (Viisko Zaporozke; Exercitus Zaporoviensis), is a historical term for the 17th–18th centuries Ukrainian Cossack state located in central Ukraine.

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Cossacks

The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.

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Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655)

Prince Janusz Radziwiłł, also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger (Jonušas Radvila, 2 December 1612 – 31 December 1655) was a noble and magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Khmelnytsky Uprising

The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, or the Khmelnytsky insurrection, was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine.

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Lithuanians

Lithuanians (lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group.

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Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.

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Novogrudok

Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Навагрудак; Новогрудок; Nowogródek, Naugardukas; נאַוואַראַדאָק) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus.

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Peasant

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Prince

A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family.

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Province

A province is an administrative division within a country or state.

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River

A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

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Siege

A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.

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Sluch

Sluch may refer to the following rivers.

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Slutsk

Slutsk (Sluck; Слуцк; Słuck, Sluckas, Yiddish/Hebrew: סלוצק) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Turov, Belarus

Turov or Turaw (Туров; Turava; Турів; Turów; טוראָוו.) is a town in Zhytkavichy District, Gomel Region, Belarus.

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Vilnius

Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.

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Wagon

A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.

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See also

Battles of the Khmelnytsky Uprising

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pohost