History of the Zaporizhian Cossacks. Book 3

In the third volume of "History of the Zaporizhian Cossacks" Dmitry Yavornytsky (1855–1940) based on rich documentary material in a popular form, the author comprehensively covers the history of the Zaporizhian Cossacks. The book is the most complete historical study covering the period 1686–1734. It begins with the Eternal Peace concluded in 1686 between Russia and Poland. It tells about the relations of Moscow and Warsaw with the Crimean Khanate, the expansion of Muscovites into Ukrainian lands through the construction of their fortresses, the oppression of Cossack liberties. The details of the Cossack wars against the Busurmans and the trade of Zaporizhzhia with other peoples are carefully outlined. The anti-Mazepam and anti-Muscovite uprising of Petrik, who tried to tear Ukraine from Muscovy with the help of the Tatars, which ended in failure, the rebellions of the Streltsy, the Don Cossack Kindrat Bulavin. The transition of Hetman Mazepa to the side of the Swedish king Charles XII was a complete surprise for Tsar Peter I, but the latter's victory at Poltava became a tragedy for the Ukrainian people. Separately, the bloody conquest of the Chortomlytsky Sich by Prince Menshikov is told. Also, neither the protectorate of Turkey nor the protectorate of Muscovy were useful for the Zaporozhian Cossacks, who were forced to wander in a foreign land...