Adam Kisiel
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Chernihiv
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(1639-1646). He was the last Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
senator
Senate of Poland
The Senate is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the 'Sejm'. The history of the Polish Senate is rich in tradition and stretches back over 500 years, it was one of the first constituent bodies of a bicameral parliament in Europe and existed without hiatus until the...
of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...
. Kisiel has become better known for his mediation during the Khmelnytsky Uprising
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, was a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine between the years 1648–1657 which turned into a Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland...
.
Heritage
Kisiel was born in a village of Nyzkynychi in Volyn (today's Ivanychi RaionIvanychi Raion
Ivanychi Raion is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ivanychi. It has a population of 35 995.-External links:*...
, Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast is an oblast in north-western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town and the last station in Ukraine of the rail line running from Kiev to Warsaw.-History:...
) into an old Polonized Ukrainian noble family. His father was Grzegorz Kisiel (Hryhoriy Hnivoshovych Kisiel-Nyzkynycki) and mother - Tereza Ivanycka. Presumably one of his early ancestors was Lazar Brayevych around 1456, the owner of Norynsk near Ovruch
Ovruch
Ovruch is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Ovruch Raion . The current estimated population is around 17,000 . It is home to Ovruch air base....
and Ivnytsya near Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...
. Lazar Brayevych was also a subject of the Kievan Prince Semen Olelkovych. The Volhynian branch, however, was founded by a certain Olekhn Kisiel who was married to some Nemyarychivna from Kiev. Supposedly Olekhn Kisiel received his estates in Volyn for his service to Švitrigaila
Švitrigaila
Švitrigaila Švitrigaila Švitrigaila (ca 1370 – 10 February 1452; was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis.-Struggle against Vytautas:...
also sometime in the mid 15th century. The great grandfather of Adam Kisiel Tykhno Mykytovych was a castle judge of Volodymyr and perished during the Livonian wars.
Kisiel was baptized into the Eastern Orthodox faith and educated in Zamojski Academy in spirit of humanism and tolerance. Kisiel persuaded king Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa was a Polish and Swedish prince from the House of Vasa. He reigned as King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 8 November 1632 to his death in 1648....
to reinstate the Orthodox hierarchy and he acted as an intermediary between the Royal Court, General Sejm
General sejm
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, and Cossacks.
He was a mediator in the 1637 Pawluk Uprising
Pawluk Uprising
The Pavluk Uprising of 1637 was a Cossack uprising in Left-bank Ukraine and Zaporizhia headed by Pavlo Mikhnovych against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.The rebellion was sparked by several Cossacks expelled from the Cossack Registry...
. Afterwords he was responsible for the conscription of 5,000 Registered Cossacks
Registered Cossacks
Registered Cossacks is the term used for Cossacks formations of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth armies.-Establishing:The registered cossacks were created on the King's edict of Sigismund II Augustus on June 5, 1572 confirming the orders of the Crown Hetman Jerzy Jazłowiecki. The first senior ...
. Kisiel was also appointed as the Voivode of Braclaw in 1647.
During the Khmelnytsky Uprising
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, was a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine between the years 1648–1657 which turned into a Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland...
he was one of the most prominent members of the negotiations and pro-Cossack factions among the szlachta
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
. In the very beginning of the Uprising he sent an Eastern Orthodox monk, Petroni Łaska, to try to calm down the Cossacks and begin negotiations. The Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
resolution of 22 July 1648 chose him, Aleksander Sielski, podkomorzy poznański, Franicszek Dubrawski, podkomorzy przemyski and Teodor Obuchowicz, podkomorzy mozyrski, to negotiate with Khmelnytsky. The negotiations ended in failure by February 1649.
Brother of Mikołaj Kisiel (ok. 1605-1651), a polkovnyk of the Cossacks. Adam Kisiel was married to Anastasia, a daughter of a Kievan nobleman Filon Hulkovych. The couple never had any children.
