Krzysztof Kosiński

Krzysztof Kosiński,[1] also known as Kryshtof Kosynsky[2] (Ukrainian: Криштоф Косинський, Kryshtof Kosynsky; Polish: Krzysztof Kosiński; 1545–1593), was a Cossack noble from the Podlachia region.

He led two consecutive rebellions against the local Ruthenian nobility, known as the Kosiński uprising.

The Kosiński uprising (1591–1593) is a name applied to two rebellions in the eastern parts of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) organised by Krzysztof Kosiński against the local Ruthenian nobility and magnates.

His forces were first defeated by Duke Janusz Ostrogski in the Battle of Piątek on 2 February 1593.

Kosiński promised to subject his forces to the Polish Monarchy; however, he soon escaped to Zaporizhzhia, where he began organizing a new army.