Petro Doroshenko
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Petro Dorofiiovych Doroshenko was a Cossack political and military leader, hetman of Right-bank Ukraine and Russian voivode. His frequent change of allegiances between neighbouring powers has made the
Posthumous portrait, 19th century
Natalia Pushkina, countess of Merenberg, one of the most charming women of her time, painting, 1849
Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Yorck
Chapel at the tomb of Doroshenko in Yaropolets, Moscow Oblast
The Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676 was fought by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. It ended with the Treaty of Żurawno, by which the Commonwealth ceded control of most of its
Petro Doroshenko
…and Jan Sobieski launched a massive invasion onto the right bank. In 1672, with a force of 12,000, Doroshenko aided the 100,000-strong Ottoman Army, which invaded Poland and defeated the Polish army at the Battle of Chertvenivka and laid siege to Kamenets (it had been captured and sacked) as well as Lviv. The war ended…
John III Sobieski's trip to Tatar forces
John III Sobieski
Battle Over the Turkish Banner by Józef Brandt.
Folding of the standards by Józef Brandt.