 Vanhu vakawanda vanotaura chiRussian vakaoneka munzvimbo dzokuchamhembe, nechepakati uye kumabvazuva kweUkraine mukupera kwezana remakore rechi17, zvichitevera Kupanduka kwevaCossackrakatungamirirwa naBohdan Khmelnytsky. Kumukira kwakatungamira mukufambiswa kukuru kwevagari veUkraine kuenda kunharaunda yeSloboda Ukraine, iyo yakaishandura kubva kunharaunda yemuganho isina kugarwa zvakanyanya kuenda kune imwe yenzvimbo huru dzine vanhu ve Tsardom yeRussia. Zvichitevera Chibvumirano chePereyaslav, nyika dzeUkraine Cossacks, kusanganisira zvikamu zvemazuva ano zvekuchamhembe nekumabvazuva kweUkraine zvakava nzvimbo yekudzivirira yeCzarism yeRussia. Izvi zvakaunza yekutanga yakakosha, asi ichiri diki, mafungu evagari veRussia muCentral Ukraine kunyanya zviuru zvemazana zvevarwi vakagara mumasasa, kubva pavanhu vangangoita mamirioni 1.2 vasiri maRussia. 