Zaporozhian Sich
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The Zaporozhian Sich was a semi-autonomous polity and proto-state of Zaporozhian Cossacks that existed between the 16th to 18th centuries. For the latter part of that period, it was an autonomous stra
"Zaporizhians" by Józef Brandt
Zaporozhian Cossack, 18th century.
Cossacks compose an answer to a letter from the Ottoman Sultan, (Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, by Ilya Repin)
A Zaporozhian Sich Rada (Council)
Cossack Hetmanate
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The Cossack Hetmanate, officially the Zaporozhian Host, was a stratocratic state established by Registered Cossacks in Dnieper Ukraine. Its territory was located mostly in the region of Central Ukrain
Zaporozhian Sich
…Cossacks that existed between the 16th to 18th centuries. For the latter part of that period, it was an autonomous stratocratic state within the Cossack Hetmanate. The lands of Zaporozhian Sich were centred around the Great Meadow region of Ukraine, spanning the lower Dnieper river. In different periods the area…
A 1651 engraving of Bohdan Khmelnytsky with hetman's regalia by Willem Hondius
Personal seal of Ivan Vyhovsky as hetman and Prince of Ruthenia
Oath of the Polish king Jan II Kazimierz on the Treaty of Hadiach
Partition of the Cossack Hetmanate after the Truce of Andrusovo (1667)