Ivan Samoylovych was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. His term in office was marked by further incorporation of the Cossack Hetmanate into the Tsardom of Russia and by attempts to win Right-bank Ukraine from Poland–Lithuania.
Ivan Samoylovych
A 17th-century con of the Virgin of Mercy from Stara Sil, featuring Samoylovych
Statue of Samoylovych in Khodorkiv
The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
The Ruin is a historical term introduced by the Cossack chronicle writer Samiilo Velychko (1670–1728) for the political situation in Ukrainian history during the second half of the 17th century.
Hetman Petro Doroshenko
Ivan Samoylovych