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Line 4: ==Background== In the late 16th century Poland introduced the institution of the [[Registered Cossacks]], which granted some privileges to the militant [[Cossack]] people inhabiting territories of ~~today~~ [[Ukraine]], then mostly controlled by Poland.<ref name=pod26/> Cossacks were allowed to serve in special units in the Polish military, but during the times of peace the Poles intended to reduce the number of Cossacks on the register and turn them into peasants.<ref name=pod26/> This happened again after the [[Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)\|Polish-Ottoman War]], in which aftermath the 40,000 mobilized Cossacks led then by Hetman [[Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny]] were reduced to 5,000.<ref name=pod26/> In response, the Cossacks began diplomatic endeavors with their Commonwealth neighbors, including the [[Tatar]]s and the [[Tsardom of Russia\|Muscovy]].<ref name=pod27/> The Polish-Lithuanian government sent a special commission headed by [[Hetman]] [[Stanisław Koniecpolski]], but two attempts to negotiate a truce failed.<ref name=pod27/> In September 1625 Koniecpolski gathered an army to quell the unrest.<ref name=pod27/>

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