Compact of Zborów

Russia-Poland [1649]

Also known as: Treaty of Zboriv

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In Ukraine: The Khmelnytsky insurrection
But neither the Treaty of Zboriv (August 1649) nor a less favourable agreement two years later proved acceptable—either to the Polish nobility or to the Cossack rank and file and the radicalized masses on the Ukrainian side.
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In Battle of Beresteczko
…victories, the Cossacks exacted the Compact of Zborów (1649) from the Polish king.
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In Bohdan Khmelnytsky
…king John Casimir, concluding the Compact of Zborów (Aug. 18, 1649); its terms permitted him to establish a virtually independent Cossack principality in Ukraine. The treaty satisfied neither the Polish gentry nor Khmelnytsky’s followers, many of whom remained subject to Polish landlords; therefore, he renewed the war in the spring…
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