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The Deluge was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.In a wider sense, it applies to the period between the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648 and the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, comprising the Polish theatres of the Russo-Polish and Second Northern Wars. [6]
Soon afterwards, however, the residents of Krosno turned against the Swedes, who looted, plundered, murdered people and burned houses. Organized by Colonel Gabriel Wojniłłowicz, they renounced their pledge and attacked the Swedish garrison, together with their Polish allies. The surprised Swedes lost the battle, and the Poles recaptured the town.
Another ambiguous term referring to the Second Northern War is the Little Northern War, [5] which however might also refer to the 1741–43 war. In Poland, the term "The Deluge" is also ambiguous, as it is sometimes used for a broader series of wars against Sweden , Brandenburg , Russia, Transylvania and the Cossacks .
This war, occurring during a time known as the Deluge, was a major negative outcome for the Polish nation. While Poland had been able to regain some of its lost territories, in the long-term it greatly weakened and left Poland increasingly vulnerable to Russian incursions.
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Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈmixaw vɔwɔdɨˈjɔfskʲi]) is a fictional Polish hero in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy: With Fire and Sword, The Deluge and Pan Wołodyjowski. Michał Wołodyjowski is partly based on the historic figure, Colonel Jerzy Wołodyjowski , a Polish noble of the Korczak clan. Korczak coat-of-arms
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