MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History June 30, 1648: The Chmielnicki Uprising began, a 9-year Cossack rebellion in the eastern territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Cossacks, Tatars and Ukrainian peasants allied against Polish domination. There were rampant atrocities, particularly by Cossacks, against Catholics and Jewish civilians, and equally violent reprisals by the Polish state. It marked the end of Polish hegemony in the region, and the beginning of its decline in power. Millions died in the conflict, including over 100,000 Jews. It also led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate (at the time, also known as Ukraine), a state that lasted from 1648 to 1782, with vassal relations with Czarist Russia and subjugation of its people to the Czar.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jewish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cossack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cossack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uprising</span></a></p>