Question
Nathan Hannover wrote a firsthand account of atrocities during this event that was later translated as Abyss of Despair. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1648-1657 uprising in which the Zaporozhian Cossacks, under their namesake leader, revolted against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This uprising is widely regarded as the start of the Deluge.
ANSWER: Khmelnytsky (“kih-mel-NIT-sky”) Uprising [or Khmelnytsky Insurrection]
[10e] Abyss of Despair chronicles how these people were particularly affected by violence during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Members of this religious minority were often forced to live in ghettoes in major European cities.
ANSWER: Jews [or Jewish people; accept Eastern European Jews or Ashkenazi Jews]
[10h] This final king from the House of Vasa was elected at the start of the Khmelnytsky Uprising and ruled Poland throughout the Deluge. This king abdicated after signing the Truce of Andrusovo and died in a Parisian abbey.
ANSWER: John II Casimir Vasa [or John Casimir Vasa; prompt on John; accept Jan in place of “John”]
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