The Cossacks identified Polish landlords, Jews, and Greek Catholics as their top three enemies.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The Cossacks' three enemies as described in the passage (Polish landlords, Jews, and Greek Catholics) match a source describing Khmelnytsky's uprising against Polish landowners, Ukrainians who had converted to Catholicism (Greek Catholics), and Jews. The support is thin: only one low-credibility source states the three-enemy framing directly, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.
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… But she actually wrote, These men be punished with the most severe execution, used only with the greatest of criminals, and he included the entire population of the Zaporozhian Cossacks at the same time. So, you know, we've covered a lot of ground here, but the Jews were in that top three enemies of the Cossacks: Polish landlords, Jews, and the Greek Catholics, so-called. And I guess Catholics in general, because they looked to Poland rather than anyone else. Catherine then purged the church yet again. …
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Supports. My Jewish Learning states that Bohdan Khmelnytsky, unifying the Cossacks, launched an attack against three enemies: Polish landowners, Ukrainians who had abandoned Orthodoxy for the Roman Catholic church, and Jews.[2]
Supports. Other sources describe the same grievances: Polish landlords as oppressors, Jews as their estate agents and tax collectors who became targets, and religious tension between Orthodox peasants and Catholic/Uniate authorities.[1][3][4][5]
Context. The sources describe Cossack hostility as aimed at Polish nobles and Jewish intermediaries, with religious conflict over Catholic and Uniate authority, but few state an explicit ranked list of enemies.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 6 not rated
- 1Abyss of Despair • Introductionpenelope.uchicago.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Who Were the Cossacks? - My Jewish Learningmyjewishlearning.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3COSSACKS' UPRISINGsefaria.jewishencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Chapter 4.5 - Antisemitism - UJE Timelineujetimeline.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Tach V'Tat - Jewish Historyjewishhistory.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6COSSACK HISTORY - Facts and Detailsfactsanddetails.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Poland - Cossacks, History, Culturebritannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
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