Truce of Andrusovo
The Truce of Andrusovo (
Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (for Russia) and Jerzy Chlebowicz (for the Commonwealth) signed the truce in the village of Andrusovo not far from Smolensk. Representatives of the Cossack Hetmanate were not allowed.
Terms
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia agreed on the following terms:
- A truce was signed for 13.5 years during which both states were obligated to prepare the conditions for eternal peace.
- Russia secured the territories of Left-bank Ukraine, Siever lands, and Smolensk.
- Poland-Lithuania was left with Right-bank Ukraine, and Russian-occupied Belarus with Vitebsk, Polotsk, and Dzwinsk.
- The city of Dnieper River, was handed over to Russia for two years under a series of conditions. The transfer, though phrased as temporary, was, in fact, a permanent one cemented in 1686 in exchange for 146,000 rubles.
- The Zaporozhian Sich was recognized as a condominium of both states.
- Both states agreed to provide a common defence against the Ottoman Empire.
- The right of free trade was granted.
- A compensation from Russia to Poland-Lithuania of 1,000,000 złotych or 200,000 rubles was agreed on for the lands of Left-bank Ukraine.
Consequences
The transfer of Kiev to the Russian tsardom had far-reaching consequences. Kiev, situated in the Greek-orthodox part of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy before the
Kiev now supplied the Russian patriarch with an academy (after Mohyla's offer to found an academy in Moscow had been rejected) on whose scholars Nikon had relied already for his reforms. Nikon himself, having proposed to replace the Russian simfonia (the traditional balance of ecclesiastical and secular power) by a more theocratic model, was banned upon his success, effectively shifting the power balance to the
Perspectives
In Ukraine, the treaty is often viewed as leading to the partition of the Hetmanate state between its more powerful neighboring states.[1]
From the Polish point of view the treaty is considered a significant mistake that tipped the balance of power in the region and replaced Poland as the dominant state by the emerging Russian Empire.[2]
See also
References
- ^ The Cossack Palestine. Vadym Ryzhkov. The Day #33, 28 October 2008
- ^ Europe. A History. Norman Davies. London: Pimlico 1996, pp. 556, 558