Maxim Zeliznyak's rebellion began in May 1768 with 18 people.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources confirm the rebellion began in May 1768 under Zalizniak, and one encyclopedia entry says his initial detachment numbered only 18. Other sources give conflicting starting numbers, including over 1,000 participants by late April and an eight-person core in autumn 1767, so the 18-person figure is contested rather than established.
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… Um, and the result of all that was the Bar Confederation, and the Bar Confederation, this was the only unified institutions Poland had, and they did engage in pogroms against, uh, the Orthodox, and, um, that was a reprisal for this rebellion that started in May of 1768. Abbot D'nelkizidik of the, uh, Mokronitsky Monastery in the southern part of Kiev, uhm, Zaporozhian had at the time was Maxim Zeliznyak, who initially only had 18 people, but given the arrogance of the Jews, it grew tremendously, and it engulfed almost the entire southeastern part of Kiev and even expanded west. Now, it wasn't all Cossacks in this case, but you did have the core of it was Zaporozhian. …
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Contradicts. Another Russian source says Zalizniak gathered a detachment of up to 1,000 people near Kholodny Yar in late April 1768, which conflicts with a starting force of 18.[1]
Contradicts. Wikipedia describes an uprising of over 1,000 Cossacks and others, which conflicts with the 18-person starting figure.[2]
Supports. The Koliivshchyna rebellion broke out in Right-Bank Ukraine in May 1768 under Maksym Zalizniak, per the Encyclopedia of Ukraine entry.[3]
Supports. A Russian encyclopedia entry states the uprising began in May (or April) 1768 near Motronin Monastery, and that Zheleznyak's small detachment numbered just 18 people at the very beginning.[4]
Context. Ukrainian Wikipedia says a group of about eight Cossacks infiltrated monasteries in autumn 1767, and Zalizniak took command only after 20-23 May 1768; the historyback source places the launch in the last days of May.[5][6]
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- 1ЗАЛИЗНЯК Максим - Предводители духовности в Украинеstudbooks.net · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 2Maksym Zalizniak - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Koliivshchyna rebellion - encyclopediaofukraine.comencyclopediaofukraine.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Колиивщинаxn--h1ajim.xn--p1ai · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Коліївщина - Wikipediauk.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6The slaughter in Uman in 1768 - historyback.comhistoryback.com · not rated · cited for: context
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