<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: Ukuhlasela kwamaMongol eKievan Rus umlando wabantu baseRussia nabaseUkraine waqala ukuhlukana. Eyokuqala, ngemva kokuhlanganisa ngempumelelo zonke izinsalela zezifundazwe ezisenyakatho zeRus, yakhula yaba umbuso onamandla waseRussia. Lesi sakamuva saba ngaphansi kokubusa kweGrand Duchy yaseLithuania, yalandelwa yiPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Ngaphakathi kweCommonwealth, amaKosakh aseZaporozhian alwa namaPoland, futhi ayevame ukungqubuzana nohulumeni weCommonwealth, owawulawulwa yizicukuthwane zasePoland. Ukungezwani phakathi kwamaCossacks kwabenza bavukela iCommonwealth futhi bafuna ukuhlangana neRussia, ababelana ngayo ngamasiko, ulimi nenkolo, okwagcina sekwenziwe ngokusemthethweni ngeSivumelwano sasePereyaslav ngo-1654. Kusukela maphakathi nekhulu le-17 leminyaka i-Ukraine kancane kancane yahlanganiswa noMbuso WaseRussia, owaqedwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18 leminyaka ngokuhlukaniswa kwePoland. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18, i-Cossack Host yahlakazeka ngenkani yi-Empire, iningi labantu lathuthela esifundeni saseKuban emaphethelweni aseningizimu yoMbuso waseRussia, lapho amaCossacks ayezoba nendima ebalulekile eMbusweni ekubambeni izizwe zaseCaucasus ezinonya. 