Moscow Articles of 1665

The Moscow Articles of 1665 was an agreement signed on 11 October 1665 between the Left-Bank Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky and the Tsardom of Russia.

The treaty put Left-Bank Ukraine under the control of the Russian Tsar. The terms of the agreements were:

This agreement was largely viewed in Ukraine unfavorably as treason and caused massive uproar. It was one of the reasons for Hetman Briukhovetsky's murder by a Cossack mob.

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