15th–17th centuries
Khmelnytsky massacres
1648·Bratslav
Toll
inconnu
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
the community destroyed in the region that gives its name to the uprising
The community of Bratslav was destroyed during the uprising.
The city lends its name to the region of Bratslav, where the uprising was most violent; a century and a half later, it would lend another name to the Hasidic movement founded by Rabbi Nahman, who lived there and which has since been known as Bratslav Hasidism.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Ukraine
Sources
Nathan Hanover, Yeven metsoula ; Ouvrages sur les massacres de 1648-1649.