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M. Kryvonis’s detachments), but the hetmane
confined to redemption, having conducted
negotiations with representatives of the city
council. In November of 1648 the Ukrainian
army surrounded the town of Zamost’ after
the election of king of Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth (John ІІ Casymyr, who had
B. Khmelnytsky’s support). The hetmane
ordered Cossack troops to get back to the left
and right banks of the Dnieper river; in the
end of December they entered Kyiv in a grand
manner. In modern researchers’ opinion,
troop pullout from Halychyna became the
first big political mistake of B. Khmelnytsky.
August The battle of Zboriv. Zboriv peace treaty. The
1649 success in the battle with the Polish army,
headed by newly elected king John ІІ
Casymyr, was on the side of Cossacks. The
Polish army was on the verge of complete
defeat, but after the treachery of Tatars,
having been bought by the king, B.
Khmelnytsky had to stop battle on demand
Islyam Hiray ІІІ and started peace talks with
the Polish. According to Zboriv peace treaty:
1) Ukraine was granted autonomy as a part
of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
restraining to Kyiv, Chernihiv and Bratslav
voivodeships;
2) on the territory of those three voivodeships
power belonged to hetmane with the
residence in Chyhyryn and Cossack
starshyna. The crown Polish army did not
have the right to stand there;

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