Treaty of Pereyaslav

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The Treaty of Pereyaslav was a 1654 agreement that brought the Cossack Hetmanate under the suzerainty of the Tsardom of Russia, reshaping the political landscape of Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
treaty
alsoKnownAs Pereiaslav Treaty
Pereyaslav Agreement
category 17th-century treaties
History of Ukraine–Russia relations
Treaties of the Tsardom of Russia
commemoratedBy Soviet-era celebrations of Russo-Ukrainian unity
conflictContext Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657)
context struggle of Cossack Hetmanate against Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
countryInvolved Cossack Hetmanate
Tsardom of Russia
dateSigned 1654
followedBy Muscovite–Polish War (1654–1667)
Truce of Andrusovo
historicalDebate interpretation as act of submission to Russia
interpretation as temporary military alliance
interpretation as union with Russia
languageOfDocument Old Ukrainian
Russian
legalStatus vassalage agreement
locationPresentDay Pereiaslav, Ukraine
linked to: Pereiaslav
locationSigned Cossack Hetmanate
Pereyaslav
linked to: Pereiaslav
mainProvisions confirmation of Cossack military and administrative rights
guarantees of Cossack autonomy under Russian suzerainty
obligation of Cossack Hetmanate to provide military service to Tsar
recognition of the Tsar of Russia as overlord of the Cossack Hetmanate
partOf Khmelnytsky Uprising
politicalImpact beginning of long-term Russian influence over Left-Bank Ukraine
foundation for later partition of Ukrainian lands between Russia and Poland
weakening of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth control over Ukrainian territories
precededBy Khmelnytsky–Muscovite negotiations of 1653
relatedEvent Council of Pereyaslav
relatedTo Cossack Hetmanate
Tsardom of Russia
Ukrainian–Russian relations
history of Russia
history of Ukraine
result Cossack Hetmanate under suzerainty of Tsardom of Russia
realignment of Eastern European political landscape
signatory Bohdan Khmelnytsky
signatoryParty Tsardom of Russia
Zaporozhian Host
linked to: Cossacks
subjectOf Pereyaslav Council
timePeriod mid-17th century
viewedAs loss of Ukrainian sovereignty by some scholars
step toward integration of Ukrainian lands into Russian Empire
viewedNegativelyBy many modern Ukrainian historians
year 1654

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Cossack Hetmanate recognizedInTreaty Treaty of Pereyaslav
Pereiaslav hasEvent Pereiaslav Council
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) result Treaty of Pereyaslav (1654)
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Left-bank Ukraine historicalEventAssociatedWith Pereiaslav Agreement
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Truce of Andrusovo relatedTo Treaty of Pereyaslav
Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) hasCause Treaty of Pereyaslav (1654)
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Bohdan Khmelnytsky notableWork Treaty of Pereyaslav (as negotiator and signatory)
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Bohdan Khmelnytsky significantEvent Pereyaslav Council
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Hadiach relatedEvent Pereiaslav Agreement of 1654
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Pereyaslav precededBy Khmelnytsky–Muscovite negotiations of 1653
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Pereyaslav subjectOf Pereyaslav Council
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Pereyaslav alsoKnownAs Pereyaslav Agreement
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Pereyaslav alsoKnownAs Pereiaslav Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Pereyaslav relatedEvent Council of Pereyaslav
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Zaporizhian Sich significantEvent Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Bila Tserkva (1651) supersededBy Treaty of Pereyaslav (1654)
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
Treaty of Bila Tserkva (1651) relatedDocument Treaty of Pereyaslav (1654)
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav
government of Tsar Alexis of Russia significantEvent Pereyaslav Agreement
linked to: Treaty of Pereyaslav