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In January 1654 in the town of Pereslavl now the province of Poltava was collected glad that the four unions - Turkey, the Crimea, Poland and Moscow chose the alliance with Russia.This Rada differed from the usual petty officers or military happy because it was declared open.
It was attended by arrivals from all over the Cossacks, peasants, artisans, urban poor, merchants, Cossack leaders, representatives of the Orthodox clergy and the petty Ukrainian gentry - a great many men of all ranks.Three months after the proclamation of Pereiaslav Rada, Ukraine`s integration with Russia, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich granted charter signed by the hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky.
In this literacy for the first time as a title of the Russian monarchy used the words "all the great and small autocrat of Russia.The letter means the actual accession and corresponded to the Ukrainian side on the conditions of Union.
In it the king declared his right to approve the candidacy of Hetman.The Cossacks had in mind only a nominal dependence on Moscow.Initially assumed to be broad autonomy in Ukraine and in foreign policy - only with the King of Poland and the Turkish Sultan Hetman was not allowed to communicate "without any decree of His Majesty.".
However, the reunification of Ukraine and Russia was of enormous importance to the progressive historical destinies of both nations.
The Ukrainian people had been freed from the enslavement of the Polish gentry, Sultan of Turkey and the absorption ruin hordes of the Crimean Khan.
From now on, Russian and Ukrainian joint forces began to fight against foreign invaders.The reunification of Ukraine and Russia has strengthened Rossiyskogo state and the rise of its international prestige.
The entry of Ukraine into Russia created more favorable conditions for socio-economic and cultural development of Ukraine, which joined in the emerging market of all the Russias.
Ukrainian merchants selling in the central regions of Russia wool, leather, livestock, alcoholic drinks.
An important article of the Ukrainian trade amounted nitrate, used for the production of gunpowder.On numerous Ukrainian exhibitions, Russian merchants were selling salt, products made of iron, furs.Strengthening economic ties with Russia contributed to the growth of Ukrainian cities and the development of various industries. |
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