Khmelnytsky, assured that John II Casimir Vasa,…
November 1648 CE
Khmelnytsky, assured that John II Casimir Vasa, elected to succeed his nephew-by-second-marriage on the Polish throne, will not interfere with his designs on Ruthenia, makes a triumphant entry into Kiev on Christmas Day of 1648, where he is hailed as "the Moses, savior, redeemer, and liberator of the people from Polish captivity ... the illustrious ruler of Rus".