div stylebSummary: /b. /div. pThe book sheds light on the significant events in the history of the Ukrainian Cossacks from their origin (at the turn of the 15th – 16th centuries) to their abolishment by the Russian Empire in the late 18th – early 19th centuries. Special emphasis is made on the most outstanding figures of the Zaporozhian Host, their political and state activities. The publication contains a thorough coverage of the international relations of the Ukrainian Hetmanate, the Cossack mentality, mode of life, martial arts, attributes, etc., including the woman’s role within the “chivalrous” environment. It also offers the international attitudes toward the Cossacks./p pThe book is intended for a broad readership/p. br, div style="background-color:#fdfcfc;color:#8B4513;padding:10pt;font-size:10pt;text-align:center;", bContent: /b. /div. p class="a0"The Cossacks in the History of Ukraine (in Place of Introduction) ...3/p pA Steppe Knight of the Early 16th Century ...7/p pDuke Baida – Vyshnevetsky Is a Great Fighting Man ...10/p p “Against the Enemies of Christianity...” ...13/p pThe Cossack “Tsar” Nalyvaiko ...16br /How the Cossacks Established Good Relations with the Pope ...19/p pThe Cossack Wars against Rich Pospolyta ...22/p pThe Origins of the Cossack and Tatar Brotherhood ...27/p pPetro Konashevych - Sahaidachny ...29/p pThe Sea Raids of the Zaporozhian Cossacks ...34/p pThe Golden Cossack Sword ...39br /Pavlo But (Pavliuk) in the 1637 Uprising ...42/p pThe Castle Conqueror ...45/p pHunia, the Cossack Leader ...48/p pInternational Recognition of the Ukrainian Cossacks ...51/p pPereiaslav I ...58/p pThe Strong-Willed Nature of Great Hetman ...63/p p classColonel Maxim Kryvonis and His “Secrets” ...65/p p classThe Cossack Diplomatic Service ...70/p p classThe Creator of the Cossack Ukrainian Army ...74/p p classBohdan Khmelnytsky’s Intelligence and Counter-Inteligence Services ...78/p p classIvan Bohun ...81/p p classThe 1654 Secret Agreement between Cossack Ukraine and Moscow ...93/p p classThe Ukrainian Hetmanate and Ottoman Empire ...98/p p classThe Territory and Borders of the Cossack State in the mid 17th Century ...106/p p classThe Complicated Political Manoeuvres of Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky ...114/p p classWhere Did Hetmans-to-Be Study? ...120/p p classWho Is He, Pavlo Teteria? ...123/p p classFrom Sotnyk to Hetman ...128/p p class“He Is Leading His Army Very Well!” ...133/p p classHetman Ivan Briukhovetsky: Is Moscow a Few Steps away from Istanbul? ...138/p p classThe 1667 Armistice of Andrusovo and the Cossacks’ Attitude toward It ...141/p p classPetro Doroshenko’s Double Game ...147/p p classPetro Sukhoviienko ...151/p p classHow Hetman Doroshenko Wanted to Renew the Hadiach Agreement ...157/p p classThe Hard Life of Cossack Wives ...165/p p classMykhailo Khanenko ...168/p p class“The Cossack’s King” ...175/p p classThe Prototype of Taras Bulba and Mykola Hohol’s Ancestor ...183/p p classCossack Ukraine in the International Agreements of Warsaw, Moscow and Istanbul ...187/p p classYurii Khmelnytsky’s Principality ...195/p p classMoldavian Prince with a Hetman’s Mace ...199/p p classA Famous Letter of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan ...203/p p classYurii Kulchytsky’s Heroic Deed and the “Cossack” Coffee ...207/p p classUkrainians in the Battle of Vienna of 1683 ...210/p p classThe Exhausting March to Hungary and Slovakia ...218/p p classThe Defender of European Nations against the Ottomans ...224/p p classWhat Did Hetman Samoilovych Want? ...227/p p classA Little-Known Hetman Andrii Mohyla ...236/p p classKyiv’s Sotnyk, Saint Dmytrii Rostovsky’s Father ...240/p p classThe 1686 “Eternal Peace” and Position of Ukraine ...244/p p classemNakazhoi /emHetman Hryshko ...250/p p classIvan Mazepa: Up on a Career Ladder ...254/p p classemKoshovyi/em Otaman of Zaporozhian Sich Ivan Sirko ...260/p p classThe “Monarchy” of Colonel Semen Palii ...265/p p classTransnistrian Hetmans ...269/p p classThe Cossacks in the Russian-Turkish War of 1686–1699 ...274/p p classThe Carlovice Peace Treaty of 1699 ...279/p p classThe “Second Khmelnychchyna” ...282/p p classSamus ...287/p p classUkraine in the Policy of Peter I ...292/p p classCossack Ukraine in the Northern War of 1700–1721 ...295/p p classBetween the Monarchic Courts of Europe and Asia ...300/p p classWhat Was Hetman Mazepa Like? ...304/p p classThe Western Press on the Uprising of 1708–1709 ...307/p p classThe Battle of Poltava and Its Consequences for Ukrainians ...309/p p classThe Bulavin Rebellion of 1707–1709 and Ukraine ...313/p p classHetman Ivan Skoropadsky ...315/p p classOmnipotent Anastasia, Hetman’s Wife ...319/p p classHow the Zaporozhian Cossacks Gained the “emVolnosti/em” from Peter I ...322/p p classOleshkiv Sich (1711–1728) ...329/p p classThe Cossacks outside Ukraine ...335/p p classThe Hertsyks ...342/p p classThe European “Mazepiana” ...346/p p classSamiilo Velychko, One of the First Historians of the Cossack Times ...349/p p classThe Cossacks under Protection of the Swedish Crown ...352/p p classThe Ukrainian-Turkish Relations during P. Orlyk’s Hetmanship ...360/p p classThe Constitution of Cossack Ukraine of 1710 ...363/p p classThe Foundations of the Cossack Democracy ...367/p p classA Cossack’s Son, General of the French Army ...371/p p classThe Cossacks – Haidamaks ...375/p pA Cruel Custom ...379/p pThe Cossack Host of the 2nd half of the 17th – 18th Centuries ...381/p pThe Right as the Conscious Necessity of Being ...387/p pThe Cossack Industry ...398/p pThe Relations of Danubian Principalities, Transylvania and the Cossack State ...402/p p classThe Triumphs and Defeats of Danylo Apostol ...405/p p classThe Legend about “emKharakternyks” /em...412/p p class“Hopak” Is Not Just a Dance ...417/p p classThe “emPlastuny/em”: A Myth or Reality? ...419/p p classThe Cossack Post ...422/p p classA “Disgraced Favourite” Cyril Razumovsky ...428/p p classA Cossack Encyclopedist Hryhorii Poletyka ...432/p p classThe Starodub Cossack Regiment ...434/p p classPoet Semen Divovych ...437/p p classThe Common Struggle of Russians and Ukrainians for Crimea ...439/p p classSecret Prisoner Hloba ...443/p p classA Tragic Mistake of Ukrainian Monte Cristo ...446/p p classHow the Ukrainian Cossacks Regained Khadzhi-Bay from the Turkish and Founded Odesa There ...451/p p classOn Kuban ...454/p p class100. emAzovshchyna /em...458/p, br