The fight in the military culture of the Ukrainian Cossacks: Khmelnytsky Uprising
The article describes one of the elements of the military culture of the Ukrainian Cossacks during the liberation war under the leadership of Bogdan Khmelnytsky - the fight. It is known that the rich military experience of the Ukrainian Cossacks has incorporated rules and methods of warfare of Turkic, European, Slavic peoples. The fight took an important place, not only as an individual struggle, but as a psychological technique used in different cases. Not by chance the Cossacks gave the fight a special name - "herts". The feature to dare the enemy to a "herts" can be considered his satirical form. The method known since ancient times in many nations. Its mission - to bring the enemy off balance, make inconsiderable acts, lose vigilance. At the same time, a verbal altercations with an opponent poured oil on troubled waters, but remained quite vigorous to raise the morale of his soldiers. The article also provides documentary evidence of the fights of Ukrainian and Polish witnesses. They demonstrate the diversity of the fight in real life, which could be a manifestation of courage and recklessness, bragging and true heroism.