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In addition to the loss of Cossack autonomy, the Russian troops seized over 30,000 documents, along with weapons and other valuables, representing the history of Ukraine from the 16th to the 18th centuries. These items were stored in the fortress of St. Elizabeth, which had been the primary military base of the Russian Imperial Army in Ukraine ...
The Cossacks of the Right-bank Ukraine elected the pro-Russian Ivan Samoylovych, Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine, to replace Doroshenko and become the Hetman of a unified Ukraine. 1676 Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) : The Ottoman army joined Doroshenko's forces in an attack on the Left-bank city of Chyhyryn .
The Russian Empire had acquired much of the territory inhabited by Ukrainians between the mid 17th and early 19th centuries, which was organized into nine Ukrainian governorates: Chernigov (Chernihiv in Ukrainian), Yekaterinoslav (Katerynoslav), Kiev (Kyiv), Kharkov (Kharkiv), Kherson, Podolia (Podillia), Poltava, Volhynia (Volyn), and the mainland part of Taurida (or Tavriia, without the ...
History of Russia; Timeline of Russian history; ... Media related to 1870 in the Russian Empire at Wikimedia Commons This page was last edited on 30 ...
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Ukraine marks six months on Wednesday since Russia invaded the country in what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls a "special military operation". Ukraine and its Western backers accuse Moscow ...
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Ukraine – a year of war: It has been 12 months of intense fighting, against a backdrop of the West coming together to support Kyiv A timeline of Putin’s invasion – and the fight to save ...