The Russo-Polish War of 1654 to 1667, also known as the Thirteen Years' War, was a conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, for control of Ukraine and Belarus. It was triggered by the agreement of the Cossack Hetmanate with the tsar at Pereyaslav, and the Russians at first made rapid gains, taking Smolensk and Vilnius. The Commonwealth was then also attacked by Sweden in the invasion known as the Deluge, but it recovered and drove back the Russians. After years of exhaustion, the war was ended by the Truce of Andrusovo, under which Russia received Smolensk and the Ukrainian lands on the left bank of the Dnieper, as well as Kyiv for a period. It marked a shift in power in Eastern Europe.
Before and after
- 1654Magdeburg hemispheres
- from 1654 to 1660Anglo-Spanish War
- 1654Founding of Northampton
- 1654Treaty of Pereyaslav
- from 1654 to 1667Russo-Polish War
- c. 1655Birth of Jacob Bernoulli
- 1655Founding of Lawrence
- from 1655 to 1660Deluge
- from 1655 to 1660Second Northern War
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