Maksym Kryvonis was one of the Cossack leaders and a commander of the Ukrainian peasants against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. For the first time in the history of Lviv, during the siege of the city his regiment captured the Vysokyi Zamok Castle, which was defended by the strong Polish-Lithuanian garrison.
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Maksym Kryvonis was one of the Cossack leaders and a commander of the Ukrainian peasants against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. For the first time in the history of Lviv, during the siege of the city his regiment captured the Vysokyi Zamok Castle, which was defended by the strong Polish-Lithuanian garrison. Kryvonis was one of the most important figures during the Khmelnytskyi Uprising in 1648.
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