The Battle of Konotop 1659. Exploring Alternatives in East European History

130 Pages·2016·1.97 MB·English

by  Rumyantsev O.

The battle that took place near Konotop in late June 1659 was a continu-
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soon after the signing of the Union of Hadiach. Cossack and Tatar de-
tachments trapped a significant portion of the Muscovite army, leading
Exploring Alternatives in East European History
to enormous Russian losses. The unprecedented defeat of the previous-
ly invincible forces caused panic in Russia, but Muscovites’ capacity to
turn defeat into political victory, and the fratricidal struggle in Ukraine,
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illustrazione di copertina:
Stendardo di centuria del reggimento di Lubny dell’Etmanato (XVIII sec.)
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Direttore
Emilia Perassi
Comitato scientifico
Monica Barsi Francesca Orestano
Marco Castellari Carlo Pagetti
Danilo Manera Nicoletta Vallorani
Andrea Meregalli Raffaella Vassena
Comitato scientifico internazionale
Albert Meier Sabine Lardon
(Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
Luis Beltrán Almería Aleksandr Ospovat - Александр Осповат
(Universidad de Zaragoza) (Высшая Школа Экономики – Москва)
Patrick J. Parrinder
(Emeritus, University of Reading, UK)
Comitato di redazione
Nicoletta Brazzelli Cinzia Scarpino
Simone Cattaneo Mauro Spicci
Laura Scarabelli Sara Sullam

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Konotop 1659: exploring alternatives in East European history ...................................... 11
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«In libertate nati sumus»: the life strategies of Ukrainian szlachta and orthodox
hierarchs on the eve and in the first decade of the Cossack wars (1638-1658) ................... 21
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The battle of Konotop as recorded in Cossack chronicles ................................................. 45
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The military cooperation between the Commonwealth, Zaporizhian Cossacks
and Crimean Tatars in the period of the Hadjach Union and the battle of Konotop ..... 59
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The Commonwealth’s position towards resumption of the Hadjach Union in 1660-1682 85
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Ukraine and Cossacks in the 17th century Italian perceptions ..........................................101
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The Konotop battle: 350 years later ....................................................................................119
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