Grand Principality of Rus' (1658)
Monarchy proposed in 1658
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Grand Principality of Rus' (Ukrainian: Велике Князівство Руське, romanized: Velyke Knyazivstvo Rusʹke; Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Ruskie; Lithuanian: Didžioji Rusijos Kunigaikštystė),[1] also known in historiography as Grand Principality of Ruthenia, was the project of transforming the Cossack Hetmanate into a member state of the Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth in the territory of Kiev Voivodeship, Bracław Voivodeship and Chernihiv Voivodeship. Its creation was proposed by Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky with Yuri Nemyrych and Pavlo Teteria in September 1658 during the negotiations between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Commonwealth. The project of the Duchy was approved in the first version of the Treaty of Hadiach, but later, because of the strong resistance of Polish society, the idea of the Grand Principality of Rus was completely abandoned.[2] The Cossacks were very disappointed with the final version of the treaty and The Ruin began. Yuri Nemyrych, the alleged author of the Grand Principality of Rus project, was killed in a local fight in August 1659 and Vyhovsky lost his power in October 1659, thus the project did not become a reality.[3][4]
Grand Principality of Rus' Велике Князівство Руське Wielkie Księstwo Ruskie Didžioji Rusijos Kunigaikštystė | |
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| Capital | Chyhyryn |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy (Metropolis of Kyiv) |
| Government | Oligarchic Elective Monarchy |
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The Republic of Three Nations, established by the Treaty of Hadiach:
Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth, or Commonwealth of Three Nations (1658).
Division of the Ukrainian lands under the Truce of Andrusovo (1667). In 1669, Russia violated the 1667 treaty by refusing to return the city of Kyiv to Poland.[5]
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