Who were the Cossacks of Khortytsia on the Dnipro?

The Cossacks on Khortytsia

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c. 1555. From the fifteenth century free men who had fled serfdom or sought adventure settled on the steppe along the lower Dnipro: the Cossacks.

Where: Ukraine

What happened

From the fifteenth century free men who had fled serfdom or sought adventure settled on the steppe along the lower Dnipro: the Cossacks. In the 1550s Prince Dmytro Vyshnevetsky built a fortress on Little Khortytsia, next to Khortytsia, the largest island on the Dnipro; it is often seen as the forerunner of the Zaporizhian Sich, the Cossacks' fortified camp beyond the rapids. The Cossacks elected their leaders, fought the Crimean Khanate and the Ottomans, and grew into a military force the Polish crown had to reckon with.

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Запорозька Січ була за порогами Дніпра.

The Zaporizhian Sich was beyond the Dnipro rapids.

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