Treaty of Andrusovo

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Treaty of Andrusovo

The Truce of Andrusovo ( , Andrusivs’ke Peremyr”ya, also sometimes known as Treaty of Andrusovo) was a thirteen and a half year truce, signed in 1667 between Muscovy and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
, which were at war since 1654 over the territories of modern-day Ukraine

Ukraine

Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
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It was signed on January 30 by Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin

Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin

Afanasy Lavrentievich Ordin-Naschokin was one of the greatest Muscovyn statesmen of the 17th century. His career is quite unprecedented in Russian history, as he was the first petty Nobility to attain the boyar title and highest offices of state owing not to family connections but due to his personal ability and worth....
(Muscovy) and Jerzy Chlebowicz (Commonwealth) in a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
of Andrusovo not far from Smolensk

Smolensk

Smolensk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative centre of Smolensk Oblast, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler....
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Ukraine

Belarus

Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin

Village

Smolensk

Right-bank Ukraine

Right-bank Ukraine , a historical name of a part of Ukraine on the right river bank of the Dnieper River, corresponding with modern-day oblasts of Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast and Kiev Oblast, as well as part of Cherkasy Oblast and Ternopil....
(Pravoberezhna Ukrayina) and Belarus remained under Commonwealth's control, while the Smolensk and Chernigov Voivodeships were ceded to Muscovy. Moreover, Commonwealth acknowledged Muscovite control over the Left-bank Ukraine

Left-bank Ukraine

Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left river bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast and Sumy Oblast as well as the eastern parts of the Kiev oblast and Cherkasy Oblast....
(Livoberezhna Ukrayina). The latter was supposed to be returned after twenty years, but Muscovy managed to retain it by signing the Eternal Peace Treaty with Commonwealth in 1686. The region of Zaporozhian Sich was declared to remain under a joint condominium

Condominium (international law)

In international law, a condominium is a political territory in or over which two or more sovereign powers formally agree to share equally dominium and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it up into 'national' zones....
. The treaty also obliged both sides to common defence against the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
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In Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, the Treaty of Andrusovo is generally praised as an important step towards unification of three East-Slavic nations, Ukrainians

Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
, Belarusians

Belarusians

Belarusians or Belorussians are an East Slavs ethnic group who populate the majority of the Belarus and form minorities in neighboring Poland , Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine....
and Russians

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
, within one state, the future Russian Empire

Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
(since 1721). In Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, the treaty is often viewed as leading to the partition of the Ukrainian Hetmanate state between its more powerful neighboring states. From the Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
point of view the treaty is considered a significant mistake that tipped the balance of power in the region and replaced Poland as the dominant state by the emerging Russian Empire.

Treaty of Andrusovo

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