| Monument
to Bohdan Khmelnytsky (c. 1595-1657)
| Bohdan Khmelnytsky was
leader, from 1648-1657, of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
who organized an uprising against Polish rule in Ukraine,
which led ultimately to the transfer of the Ukrainian
lands east of the Dnieper River from Polish to Russian
control.
His imposing statue overlooks a small park on Hrushevskoho
Str. on the plot of land where the villa of Baron Hirsch
once stood.
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One of the more influential characters in
Ukrainian history, Bohdan Khmelnytsky may be viewed alternately
as a hero or a villain, depending on ones’ historical
perspective. Some accounts portray him as a great leader
and statesman, while others view him as a figure who left
only destruction in his wake. Irrespective of ones’
viewpoint, it is generally agreed “Khmelnytsky was
the central figure in the uprising, who managed to keep
the movement vital and under his control for a decade.”
(Sysyn, 2003). Pawlyk contends that Bohdan Khmelnytskyy’s
father, Mykhaylo, once had a homestead in Tovste, an interesting
conjecture worthy of further investigation. |
More details of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the Cossack uprising
can be found under Notable
Figures. 
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