Bohdan Khmelnytsky is the second most important person in Ukrainian history after Saint Vladimir of Kiev.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim is the speaker's own ranking of historical importance, taken from his claimed book, and none of the sources rank Khmelnytsky second to Saint Vladimir. The sources describe Khmelnytsky as a central national figure but do not grade his importance against other figures, so the claim cannot be checked.
What was said
… But not him; it would have been someone, and there were many other uprisings both before and after under similar circumstances. It was immensely popular. In fact, I'll go so far as to say, in my Ukraine book, I say this, that Kimilnytsky is the second most important person in Ukrainian history after, of course, Saint Vladimir of Kiev. Um, he is the hero, and the people who control the colonial administration in Kiev now, of course, don't either don't understand that or don't want to understand that, and it's a Jewish government there anyway. …
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Context. Sources describe Khmelnytsky as a central figure in Ukrainian history, memorialized as a great general and nation builder and a national hero in Ukraine, but none ranks him relative to Saint Vladimir or any other figure.[1][2][3][4]
Context. The only basis for the ranking is the speaker's own assertion in the post, which the rules treat as opinion and not as evidence. The extracted claim matches the passage, with 'Kimilnytsky' resolved to Khmelnytsky from the post's own reference.
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated
- 1Analysis: Putin's take on history may lay groundwork for warapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Khmelnytsky, Bohdan - Encyclopedia of Ukraineencyclopediaofukraine.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Stories of Khmelnytsky: Introduction | Stanford University Presssup.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Bohdan Khmelnytsky | History | Research Starters - EBSCOebsco.com · not rated · cited for: context
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