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consent of council of starshynas. He could not
send ambassadors to foreign monarchs
without decree of the tsar and the council of
starshynas. The hetman and starshyna did not
have the right to receive fugitive peasants
from Russia but sent them back to Russia
instead. On starshyna’s demand mercenary
regiments subject to hetman directly, were
liquidated. The left-bank regiments were
forbidden to support P. Doroshenko in his
struggle against Poland. Konotop articles
created conditions for strengthening influence
of the tsar government in Ukraine.
March Declaration I. Samoilovych hetman of the
1674 whole Ukraine at the council in Pereyaslav.
As a result of the successful advance of I.
Samoilovych’s and H. Romadanovsky’s
armies against P. Doroshenko and the Turks,
the major part of right-bank towns except
Chyhyryn (defended by Doroshenko) were
occupied. At the common council I.
Samoilovych was elected hetman of both
banks of the Dnieper river.
September P. Doroshenko’s abdication of hetman
1676 responsibilities in Chyhyryn surrounded by
Russian army and I. Samoilovych’s
regiments. He acknowledged being subject to
the tsar and was exiled to Vyatka, where he
was appointed voivode.
October Peace treaty of Zurawno between Polish-
1676 Lithuanian Commonwealth and Turkey in the
aftermath of Polish-Turkish war of 1672-
1676. Podillya was left under the authority of

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