 Nzvimbo iyi yakagarwazve muna 1370 panguva yokutonga kweGrand Duchy yeLithuania, uye pashure pokurwisana kwehondo, yakapiwa Muscovite Russia muna 1503. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth yakawanazve nzvimbo iyi muna 1618, uye muna 1634 yakavaka nhare ndokutanga guta reBoplana munzvimbo iyi. Karpo Skydan akamutsa kumukira kwevarimi vachipesana nevakuru vakuru vePoland muna 1637, uye muna 1648 nzvimbo yacho yakatorwa nemaCossacks mukupandukira kwavo kuzvitonga. Yakaendeswazve kutonga kwePoland mushure meHondo yeBerestechkomuna 1651 sechikamu cheBila Tserkva Treaty. Izvi zvakakurumidza kudzorerwa mumashure meChibvumirano chePereyaslav, apo Russia yakakura kuti ipinde muumambo hwayo hwekupedzisira. 