Cossack Hetmanate

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Cossack state early modern state historical polity

The Cossack Hetmanate was an early modern Cossack-led state in central and eastern Ukraine that emerged in the mid-17th century and played a key role in regional politics between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Russian Tsardom, and the Ottoman sphere.

Aliases (5)

Hetmanate ×1
Hetmanate of Ukraine ×1
Hetmanate of Zaporizhian Host ×1
Hetmanate of the Zaporozhian Host ×1
Right-bank Cossack Hetmanate under Ottoman suzerainty ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cossack state → early modern state → historical polity →
abolishedBy	Catherine II of Russia →
alsoKnownAs	Hetmanate → Hetmanate of Ukraine → Hetmanate of the Zaporozhian Host → Zaporizhian Host →
borderedBy	Crimean Khanate → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → Tsardom of Russia →
capital	Baturyn → Chyhyryn → Hlukhiv →
constitutionalDocument	Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk →
country	Ukraine →
endTime	1764 →
establishedAsResultOf	Khmelnytsky Uprising →
firstLeader	Bohdan Khmelnytsky →
governmentType	Cossack military republic → elective hetmanate →
headOfStateTitle	Hetman →
historicalRegion	Left-bank Ukraine → Right-bank Ukraine →
legalSystem	Cossack customary law →
locatedIn	Central Ukraine → Eastern Ukraine →
militaryForce	Cossack Host →
notableLeader	Bohdan Khmelnytsky → Ivan Briukhovetsky → Ivan Mazepa → Ivan Vyhovsky → Petro Doroshenko → Pylyp Orlyk → Yurii Khmelnytsky →
officialLanguage	Ruthenian →
partOf	Ruthenian lands →
playedKeyRoleIn	regional politics between Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and Ottoman sphere →
predecessor	Registered Cossacks of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → Zaporizhian Sich →
recognizedBy	Ottoman Empire → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → Tsardom of Russia →
recognizedInTreaty	Treaty of Hadiach → Treaty of Pereyaslav → Treaty of Zboriv →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
startTime	1648 →
successor	Left-bank Ukraine under the Tsardom of Russia → Little Russia Governorate → Right-bank Cossack Hetmanate under Ottoman suzerainty →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cossack Hetmanate ("Hetmanate") → Cossack Hetmanate ("Hetmanate of Ukraine") → Cossack Hetmanate ("Hetmanate of the Zaporozhian Host") →	alsoKnownAs
Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) →	associatedPolity
Cossacks →	associatedWithState
Crimean Khanate →	conflictWith
Cossacks →	governance
Central Ukraine →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Ukrainians →	historicalStateAssociatedWith
Left-bank Ukraine →	locatedInTheHistoricalRegion
Great Northern War →	mainBelligerent
Left-bank Ukraine ("Hetmanate of Zaporizhian Host") →	partOf
Cossack Hetmanate ("Right-bank Cossack Hetmanate under Ottoman suzerainty") →	successor
Pereiaslav →	wasPartOf