All Bohun's contemporaries noted his intelligence, cunning, bravery and talent as a commander. He refused the registry rank and estates promised to him by the Poles, and supported the liberation war of the Ukrainian people against Poland (1648–1657) from the first day of the uprising. It was in this war that the commander of the Vinnytsia regiment, Colonel Bohun, became a legend during his lifetime.After the death of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, one of the leaders of the group of "leaders-statesmen" who did not want either Moscow citizenship, Polish citizenship, Turkish citizenship or Swedish, and until his death he sought the creation of an independent Cossack state.Ivan Bohun is a wise commander, a brave Cossack and a legendary personality who adorns the pages of Ukrainian history with his powerful figure.