Volodymyr Hazin

(Conclusion. For Pt. 1, refer to the previous issue) At this time, the status of Cossack Ukraine was a crucial point in the relations between Muscovy and the Crimea. Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich’s envoys Zherebtsov and Titov demanded that the Crimean leadership recognize the legitimacy of the...

Today it is an undisputed fact that the 1654 Ukrainian-Muscovite treaty, generally known as the Treaty of Pereyaslav, had a considerable impact on the military and political situation in Central-Eastern Europe and radically changed the balance of forces in the region. Naturally, the subject...

(Conclusion. Part One of this article appeared in the previous issue)After Bohdan Khmelnytsky died and Ivan Vyhovsky was proclaimed hetman (at first temporarily, until Yuriy Khmelnytsky came of age and was proclaimed a full- fledged hetman in October 1657 at the Korsun council) Pavlo Teteria...

Apart from the deep-seated belief that Hetman Pavlo Teteria, one of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s successors, ruled in 1663-1665, there is also a theory that he officially received the mace in October 1662, when Bohdan’s son Yury ceased to exercise his power as hetman. This assumption is primarily based on...