Ruin (Руїна) презентация

The Ruin (Ukrainian: Руїна) is a historical term that was introduced by the Cossack chronicle writer Samiylo Velychko (1670-1728) and covers the period of Ukrainian history of the second half of 17th century.

. The Ukrainian saying of the time: "Від Богдана до Івана не було гетьмана" (From Bohdan to Ivan there was no hetman) — accurately summarises the chaotic events of this period.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Monument in Kyiv.
Ivan Mazepa

Monument of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine. The place of Nikitinska Sich.
The Ruin started after the death of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657.

Right-Bank Ukraine in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Left-Bank Ukraine in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Beginning of the Civil War
The Pushkar-Barabash Mutiny
Hetman Barabash
Hetman Vyhovskiy

Reasons of the Ruin
Sergei Vasilkovsky «Elections of Martyn Pushkar before the uprising.»

Results:
- The attempt to create a Ruthenian Cossack state failed.
- Ukraine was partitioned between Russia and Poland along the Dnieper.
- Poland lost the left bank, was weakened and went into decline.
- Russia expanded to the south and somewhat to the southwest.
- There was a major shift of Ruthenian population from the devastated right bank to the left bank and Sloboda Ukraine, thereby increasing the area under peasant agriculture.