Left-bank Ukraine

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Left-bank Ukraine is the historical region of Ukraine located on the eastern (left) bank of the Dnieper River, which came under Russian control in the 17th century and played a key role in the expansion of the Russian state.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
region of Ukraine
administrativeChange gradual abolition of Cossack autonomy in the 18th century
associatedWithHistoricalFigure Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Danylo Apostol
Ivan Mazepa
borderedBy Right-bank Ukraine
Sloboda Ukraine
Zaporizhian Sich territories
cameUnderControlOf Russian Empire
Tsardom of Russia
containsHistoricalCity Chernihiv NERFINISHED
Kharkiv NERFINISHED
Kremenchuk NERFINISHED
Lubny NERFINISHED
Nizhyn NERFINISHED
Poltava
Pryluky NERFINISHED
Starodub
Sumy NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Right-bank Ukraine
country Ukraine
ethnoCulturalRegionOf Ukrainians
historicalCapitalOfHetmanateLocatedIn Baturyn
Hlukhiv NERFINISHED
historicalEventAssociatedWith Eternal Peace Treaty (1686)
Pereiaslav Agreement
Truce of Andrusovo
historicalLanguage Church Slavonic
Ukrainian
historicallyCorrespondsTo parts of modern Cherkasy Oblast east of the Dnieper
parts of modern Chernihiv Oblast
parts of modern Kharkiv Oblast
parts of modern Kyiv Oblast east of the Dnieper
parts of modern Poltava Oblast
parts of modern Sumy Oblast
historicalPeriodOfProminence 17th–18th centuries
historicalReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
historicalStatus autonomous Cossack territory under Russian suzerainty
integratedInto Russian imperial provincial system
locatedInTheHistoricalRegion Cossack Hetmanate
locatedOnBankOf eastern bank of the Dnieper River
left bank of the Dnieper River
partOf Hetmanate of Zaporizhian Host
Ukrainian lands under Russian rule
playedRoleIn expansion of the Russian state
integration of Ukrainian Cossack territories into Russia
politicalCenter Baturyn
Hlukhiv NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfInitialRussianControl second half of the 17th century
wasCenterOf Cossack starshyna (officer) landownership


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