Cossack Hetmanate

Cossack Hetmanate
Гетьманщина
Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1655–1657) (1669–1685) Protectorate of the Tsardom of Moscow and Russian Empire (since 1654) part of the Governorate of Kiev (1708–1764)
1649–1764
Flag Coat of arms
The Zaporizhian Cossack host in 1654 (against the backdrop of the contemporary Ukraine).
Capital		Chyhyryna(1648–1676) Baturynb(1663–1708) Hlukhivc(1708–1764)
Languages		Ukrainian and Russian
Religion		Eastern Orthodox
Political structure		Protectorate
Hetman of Zaporizhian Host
•	1648–1657 (first)	Bohdan Khmelnytsky
•	1750–1764 (last)	Kirill Razumovsky
Legislature		General Cossack Council Council of Officers
History
•	Treaty of Zboriv	August 17, 1649
•	Treaty of Bila Tserkva	1651
•	Treaty of Pereyaslav	1654
•	Treaty of Andrusovo	1667
•	Hetman post abolished in Poland	1686
•	Hetman post abolished in Russia	1764
Preceded by Succeeded by Zaporozhian Sich Zaporozhian Sich Little Russia Governorate (1764-1781) Danubian Sich
a.	Hetmanate capital
b.	alternate Hetman residence
c.	Little Russia capital

Protectorate of the Tsardom of Moscow and Russian Empire (since 1654)
part of the Governorate of Kiev (1708–1764)

The Cossack Hetmanate (Ukrainian: Гетьманщина, Het’manshchyna), officially known as the Rus State or Zaporizhian Host (Військо Запорозьке, Viys’kо Zaporoz’kе), was a Ukrainian Cossack state in Central Ukraine between 1649 and 1764 (some sources claim until 1782). For other names, please, see section Name.

The Hetmanate was founded by the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the Uprising of 1648–57. The signing of a military alliance with the Tsardom of Russia during the Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654 is considered a major benchmark of Cossack Hetmanate in Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian historiography. The official document, which symbolized union between Russia and Ukraine, however, was never preserved and is thought to be fictional. The 1667 Treaty of Andrusovo was conducted without any representation from the Cossack Hetmanate and established borders between the Polish and Russian states, dividing the Hetmanate in half along the Dnieper.

After a failed attempt to break the union with Russia by Ivan Mazepa in 1708, the whole area was included into the Government of Kiev and Cossack autonomy was severely restricted. Catherine II of Russia officially abolished the institute of Hetman in 1764 and in 1764-1781 Cossack Hetmanate was incorporated as the Little Russia Governorate headed by Pyotr Rumyantsev.