PoliticalUkraine·18 Oct 2026
Historical context of the 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement between Cossacks and Russia
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On January 8, 1654, in Pereiaslav, Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky and the local Cossack population entered into an agreement to serve the Russian Tsar. This decision followed six years of war and widespread dissatisfaction with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where Orthodox citizens faced systemic oppression, exclusion from professional guilds, and the…
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