Cossack Hetmanate (Russia)

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Was created during a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It entered into a vassal relation with Russia in 1654 with the treaty of Pereyaslav. It was finally incorporated by Russia in 1764.

Establishment

January 1654: Establishment of vassal relations between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Tsardom of Russia in the Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654.

Chronology

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1. Northern Wars

A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.

1.1.Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)

Was a major conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that ended with significant Russian territorial gains.

June 1655: A Polish army (allied with the Tatars) crushed a Russian-Ukrainian contingent at Zhashkov.

January 1664: Towards the end of 1663, the Polish-Lithuanian King crossed the Dnieper and invaded Left-bank Ukraine.

February 1664: The Poles loose Left-Bank Ukraine.

1.1.1.Truce of Andrusovo

The Truce of Andrusovo established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed in 1667 between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had fought the Russo-Polish War since 1654 over the territories of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus.

January 1667: During the 1667 truce of Andrusovo, the region of Zaporizhzhia fell under condominium of both the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Kingdom of Poland.

January 1667: In 1667, the Russo-Polish war ended with the Treaty of Andrusovo, which split the Cossack Hetmanate along the Dnieper River: Left-bank Ukraine enjoyed a degree of autonomy within the Tsardom of Russia, while Right-bank Ukraine remained part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1.2.Great Northern War

Was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

1.2.1.Phase 1: Swedish Dominance

Was the first phase of the Great Northern War, characterized by Swedish victories.

1.2.1.1.Russian Campaign of Charles XII

Was the Swedish invasion of the Tsardom of Russia during the first phase of the Great Northern War.

December 1708: Siege and storming of Weprik.

January 1709: In 1709, during the Great Northern War, Weprik was besieged and stormed by Swedish forces under the command of King Charles XII. The siege resulted in the territory falling under Swedish military occupation.

February 1709: Battle of Krasnokutsk.

April 1709: Siege of Poltava.

July 1709: The Swedish force was decisively defeated by Peter the Great of Russia at Poltava near the River Dnieper.

July 1709: The troops around King Karl reached the Bug on July 17, where the pasha gave Ochakov permission to enter the Ottoman Empire. This ended Charles' Russian campaign in a catastrophic defeat.

2. Polish-Ottoman Wars

Were a series of Wars between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.

2.1.Polish-Cossack-Tatar War (1666-1671)

Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire over territories in Ukraine.

November 1667: In 1667, Podhajce was invaded by Tatars during the ongoing conflict between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossack Hetmanate (Russia).

2.2.Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676)

Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. The war ended with the Commonwealth ceding control of most of its Ukraine territories to the Ottomans.

2.2.1.First Phase of the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676)

Was the first phase of the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676), where the Ottomans invaded the Ukrainian territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

September 1672: The Ottoman forces, led by Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed and Sultan Mehmed IV, invaded Polish Ukraine in 1672. They successfully captured the Commonwealth fortress at Kamieniec Podolski, marking a significant victory for the Ottoman Empire.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

November 1764: After a failed attempt to break the union with Russia by Ivan Mazepa in 1708, the whole area was included into the Government of Kiev and Cossack autonomy was severely restricted. Catherine II of Russia officially abolished the institute of the Hetman in 1764.