 Vanhu vakawanda vanotaura chiRussian vakaoneka munzvimbo dzokuchamhembe, nechepakati uye kumabvazuva kwenyika yava kunzi Ukraine mukupera kwezana remakore rechi17, zvichitevera Kupandukira kwevaCossack16481657 iyo Bohdan Khmelnytsky akatungamira kurwisa Poland. Kumukira kwaKhmelnytsky kwakatungamira mukufamba kukuru kwevagari veUkraine kuenda kunharaunda yeSlobozhanschyna, iyo yakaishandura kubva kunzvimbo isina kugarwa yemuganho kuenda kune imwe yenzvimbo huru dzine vanhu ve Tsardom yeRussia. Zvichitevera Pereyaslav Rada ya1654 zvikamu zvaive pasi peCossack Hetmanate yakapfuura yeUkraine yemazuva ano yakapinda muRussian Tsardom. Izvi zvakaunza huwandu hukuru, asi huchiri hudiki, hwevagari veRussia mune izvo zvava kunzi pakati peUkraine kunyanya zviuru zvemazana zvemauto akaiswa mumasasa, kubva pavanhu vangangoita mamirioni 1.2 vasiri maRussia. 