Pereyaslav-khmelnytskyy
Russian �Pereyaslav-khmelnitsky, �also spelled �Pereiaslav-khmelnitskii, or Perejaslav-chmel'nickij, �formerly �(until 1943) Pereyaslav, or Pereiaslav, � city, Kiev oblast (province), Ukraine. Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy has existed since the 10th century, when it was known as Pereyaslav-Russky. It was a border stronghold of the Kievan state but was overrun by Mongol Tatars in 1239. In 1654 Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a leader of the revolt against Polish domination of Ukraine, convened a council at Pereyaslav that submitted Ukraine to Russian
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