Krzysztof Kosiński

Krzysztof Kosiński,[1] also Kryshtof Kosynsky[2] of Rawicz Coat of Arms (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 of Ukraine. He led two consecutive rebellions against local Ruthenian nobility, known as the Kosiński Uprising.

Kosiński on a 2010 stamp of Ukraine

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 Zaporizhia, where he began organizing a new army. In 1593 he set out for Cherkasy but was soon killed.

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References
  1. Stone, Daniel (2001). The Polish-Lithuanian state, 1386–1795. University of Washington Press. p. 145.
  2. "Kosynsky, Kryshtof". Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1989)
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