The Ruin (Ukrainian history)

The Ruin (Ukrainian: Руїна, romanized: Ruyina) is a historical term introduced by the Cossack chronicle writer Samiilo Velychko (1670–1728) for the political situation in Ukrainian history during the second half of the 17th century.

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The Ruin
Date 6 August 1657 – 16 May 1686 Location Ukraine Territorial changes Eternal Peace Treaty Partition of Ukraine between Poland–Lithuania, Russia and the Ottomans Left-Bank Ukraine with Kyiv and the territories of the Zaporizhia came under Russian control Right-Bank Ukraine first came under Polish control and later partially under Ottoman control.
Belligerents
Right-bank Ukraine Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Ottoman Ukraine (from 1669) Ottoman Empire (from 1669)	Left-bank Ukraine  Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Right-Bank Hetmans: Pavlo Teteria Mykhailo Khanenko Yurii Khmelnytsky	Ottoman Hetmans: Petro Doroshenko Yurii Khmelnytsky George Ducas	Left-Bank Hetmans: Ivan Briukhovetsky Demian Mnohohrishny Ivan Samoylovych

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The timeframe of the period varies among historians:

• Some historians such as Mykola Kostomarov define the period between 1663 and 1687, associating it with the three Moscow-appointed hetmans of Left-bank Ukraine (Briukhovetsky, Mnohohrishny and Samoylovych).
• Other historians interpret the period between 1660 and 1687 from the Chudniv Treaty that led to division among the Cossack community.
• Borys Krupnytsky considered the timeframe as 1657–1687, from the death of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657, particularly the Pushkar-Barabash Mutiny, until the ascension of hetman Ivan Mazepa in 1687.

The period was characterised by continuous strife, civil war, and foreign intervention by neighbours of Ukraine. A Ukrainian saying of the time, "Від Богдана до Івана не було гетьмана" (From Bohdan to Ivan there was no hetman [in between]), accurately summarises the chaotic events of this period.