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The Right-Bank campaign
Part of The Ruin (Ukrainian history)

Map of Right-Bank Ukraine
Date1674
LocationRight-Bank Ukraine, (Modern day Ukraine)
Result
Belligerents
border=no Cossack hetmanate
Crimean Khanate
Russia
border=no Cossack hetmanate
Commanders and leaders
border=no Petro Doroshenko Grigory Romodanovsky
border=no Ivan Samoylovich

The Right-Bank Campaign of 1674 were the military actions of Moscow and Ukrainian troops under the leadership of the Left-Bank Hetman Ivan Samoilovych and Grigory Romodanovsky against the forces of the Right-Bank Hetman Petro Doroshenko, aimed at spreading royal power to Right-Bank Ukraine.

Background

The Treaty of Buchach 1672

With the signing of the Treaty of Buchach in 1672, a Cossack state on the right bank of the Dnieper was recognised and Moscow sought to extend its influence there. Left-bank hetman Ivan Samoilovych was instructed to negotiate with right-bank hetman Petro Doroshenko for Moscow's protection, but he feared losing his power. Doroshenko was willing to accept Moscow's supremacy under certain conditions, including armed assistance and maintaining Cossack freedoms, but Moscow preferred having separate hetmans for each bank and refused to meet all of Doroshenko’s demands. Over time, Moscow grew frustrated with Doroshenko's insistence on ceding territory for loyalty and, by 1674, felt ready to act against him, especially as support for Doroshenko had weakened among his allies.This lead to Samoilovych, fearing that he would be replaced as hetman by Doroshenko, saw this as a good opportunity to invade Right-Bank Ukraine.

Course of Events

Hetman of Right-Bank Ukraine,Petro Doroshenko

At the beginning of 1674, Prince Romodanovski and the Hetman Samoylovich crossed to the right bank of the Dniepr. Doroshenko, having no forces, quickly lost Cherkassy, Kanev and other towns.Soon after, Doroshenko's capital,Chyhyryn, was put under siege.But with the help of the Ottomans and the fact that Chyhyryn was well fortified Romodanovsky and Samoilovich decided to lift the siege and withdraw across the Dnieper.

Aftermath

With the end of the military campaign,Samoylovich returned, deputies of ten Right Bank regiments came to the council in Pereyaslav and recognized Samoylovich as the hetman of the Right Bank Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ Kármán 2013, p. 146.
  2. Davies 2014, p. 157.
  3. ^ Perrie 2006, p. 510.
  4. Smolii 2015, p. 165.
  5. Allen 2006, p. 166.
  6. Konissky 1846, p. 174.
  7. Tolochko 2018, p. 202.

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