Lwów
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Aaron Kamkhen
Jew killed by officer Albert Ositsky in 1600.
Michael Michaelowitz
A convert who sold his place in the synagogue to wardens in 1605.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
A leader who advanced westward in April 1648 and besieged Lviv.
Potocki
A commander of the Polish armies defeated in May 1648.
Kalinowski
A commander of the Polish armies defeated in May 1648.
Jews of Poland
Polish Jews suffered severely during the 1648 crisis.
Jeremiah Vishniovitski
Polish prince and commander who organized Lviv’s defense.
Volhynia
Region toward which the Cossacks advanced in 1648.
Nathan Neta Hanover
Chronicler who described the 1648 siege of Lviv.
Moses Hanover
Rabbi identified as Nathan Neta Hanover’s father.
Yevon Metzulah
Chronicle describing the decrees of 1648–1649.
Venice
City where the chronicle was first published in 1653.
Tukay Bey
Commander of Tatar regiments reinforcing Khmelnytskyi’s army.
Nathan Neta Hanover
A named source whose account is quoted.
Lviv City Authority
The city authority responding to Khmelnytsky’s demands.
Martin Grossvair
The mayor whose report records the city’s response.
Theodor Rodkivitz
A priest who delivered Khmelnytsky’s second letter.
Chekhovich
Mayor listed among the city delegation members.
Varlovich
Council member listed among the city delegation members.
Tsakhanovich
Armenian delegation member listed in negotiations.
Labrisivich
Ruthenian delegation member listed in negotiations.
Shimon
Jewish advocate who participated in negotiations with the Cossack camp.
Zolkiew
Place toward which Khmelnytsky withdrew.
Abraham ben Samuel Ashkenazi
Author who described famine, disease, and suffering in Lviv.
Suffering of Many or Elegy for Poland
Book cited as a description of wartime suffering.
Lemberg
City described in the quoted elegy as suffering a devastating plague.
John Casimir
Elected king of Poland on 17 October 1648.
Isaac son of Abraham Katz
A Jewish representative at the 1653 municipal meeting.
Jekuthiel Zalman son of Eliezer
A Jewish representative at the 1653 municipal meeting.
Tzvi Hirsch son of Ephraim
A Jewish representative at the 1653 municipal meeting.
Fishel Zalman the intercessor
A Jewish representative at the 1653 municipal meeting.
Mordecai son of Moses
A Jewish representative at the 1653 municipal meeting.
Khristof Gridzitsky
The city commander ordered Lviv’s suburbs burned.
Buturlin
The Russian general demanded surrender of all Jews as a truce condition.
Prince Rakoczi
The Transylvanian prince attacked Lviv in 1656 and accepted ransom.
Lviv extramural Jewish community
The extramural community faced economic hardship and restrictions on trade.