Cavalryman 1680
Pikemen circa 1655
Garrison Troops 1665
Artilleryman circa 1650
Musketeer 1650
Elite Infantry circa 1650
In 1654 the Ukrainian leader, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, offered to place Ukraine under the protection of the Russian tsar, Aleksey I. Aleksey’s acceptance of this offer, which was ratified in the Treaty of Pereyaslav, led to a protracted war between Poland and Russia. The Treaty of Andrusovo, which ended the war in 1667, split Ukraine along the river Dnieper, reuniting the western sector (or Right-bank Ukraine) with Poland and leaving the eastern sector (Left-bank Ukraine) as the Cossack Hetmanate, self-governing under the suzerainty of the tsar.
Notes on the Russian Army of the 17th Century(1632-98)
Vladimir Velikanov (Moscow)
