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April 1, 2022

Why Ukrainian’s Jewish President Gives Out Medals Named after a 17th-Century Leader Who Terrorized the Jews

Who were the Cossacks?

To honor soldiers who have distinguished themselves with their courage in the fight against Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky has bestowed upon them the Oder of Bohdan Khmelnystsky. Its namesake was a Cossack leader who, in 1648, led uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth—in which his followers slaughtered thousands of Jews, and raped and beat countless others. Henry Abramson explains:

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