Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Ukraine and Poland are at war
• Crimea exists

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1648
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

Khmelnytsky knew that the Cossacks' great weakness in fighting the Poles was their lack of cavalry. His response was a bold one: he approached the Cossack's traditional rivals, the Khanate of Crimea, for an alliance.

Actions

A. Put aside our old rivalries to fight the Poles

• +4000 cavalry in a random province
• +50 relations with Crimea

B. We can defend ourselves

• +4000 infantry in a random province
• -50 relations with Crimea

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Ukraine is a vassal of Poland

Will happen within 100 days of January 3, 1648
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1653)

Description

In the first half of the 17th century self-consciousness began to awaken among Ukrainians. The Union of the Churches of 1596, which outlawed the Orthodox, caused discontent among the peasants and most of the local nobility. Although the Orthodox Church was restored in 1632, attitudes toward it remained cool. The peasants were becoming strong, and the number of Cossacks increased. Those Cossacks who were not on the register wanted recognition of their rights. These factors led to numerous Cossack rebellions, the last of which occurred in 1638. From the proclamation of the 'Ordination of the Registered Zaporozhian Host' in 1638, which severely limited Cossack autonomy, came the era of 'golden peace'.

In 1647 a Polish nobleman, Daniel Czaplinski, laid claim to the estate of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a hundredth in a Cossack regiment. Czaplinski took over Khmelnytsky's estate, killed his son, and married the woman that the widowed Cossack intended to marry. Later Czaplinski accused Khmelnytsky of treason. Unable to prevail in court as well as looking at the connivance of the king, Khmelnytsky resolved to lead the Cossacks in revolt against the Poles. On January 25, 1648, Khmelnitsky reaches the Zaporizhian Sich, and at a Cossack council Khmelnitsky is elected hetman.

Actions

A. Good!

• Break vassalization with Poland
• -150 relations with Poland

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Event 323001 - Treaty of Zboriv for Ukraine has already occurred

Will happen within 180 days of January 2, 1649
Checked again every 180 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 30, 1657)

Description

The Jews were seen by the Cossacks as henchmen of the gentry and Catholics, so they suffered tangible population losses in Ukraine. Between 20,000 and 40,000 Jews died in the first year of the revolt. According to the Zborow Agreement, the surviving Jews had no right to reside in the lands of the Zaporozhian Host.

Actions

A. Expel them from all of Ukraine!

• Innovativeness -1
• Infrastructure tech investment: -200
• Trade tech investment: -200
• -200 population in a random province
• Stability +1

B. Leave those people alone

• Innovativeness +1
• Stability -1

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Moldavia exists

Will happen within 180 days of August 2, 1652
Checked again every 180 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after September 2, 1653)

Description

Bohdan Khmelnitsky's eldest son, Tymish was a helper and protector for his father. When the hetman campaigned on Moldavia and captured the capital of Iasi, he formed an alliance with the Moldavian ruler Vasile Lupu, for the strengthening of which his daughter Rosanda married Tymish Khmelnitsky. Such an alliance troubled the Transylvanians and the Wallachians, who placed their own prince. Cossacks led by Tymish Khmelnitsky moved in support of Vasile Lupu, who broke through to Suceava. The defense lasted a month, after which Tymish Khmelnitsky died, and the Cossacks concluded a truce with the enemy, leaving Suceava safely.

Actions

A. What a son grown up!

• Gain a royal marriage with Moldavia
• +50 relations with Moldavia

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 25001 - Khmelnytsky's Revolt for Poland has already occurred
  • Event 323004 - Khmelnytsky's Revolt for Ukraine has already occurred
• Poland exists
• Russia exists
• None of the following must occur:
  • Ukraine is a vassal of Poland
  • Ukraine is a vassal of Russia
  • Ukraine is a vassal of Ottoman Empire
  • Poland is a vassal of Ukraine
  • Russia is a vassal of Ukraine
  • Ottoman Empire is a vassal of Ukraine

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1654
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1667)

Description

Bohdan Khmelnytsky knew the fledgling Ukrainian nation needed two things to survive: the support of a major foreign power, and a legitimate ruler. Khmelnytsky was not of royal blood, and did not feel he could be a monarch. In order to meet both of those needs Khmelnytsky looked for a foreign monarch to become overlord of Ukraine.

Actions

A. The Orthodox Tsar of Russia shall be our protector

• Event 25005 - The Ukrainians seek our protection for Russia is triggered immediately
• +50 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Poland
• -25 relations with Ottoman Empire
• Stability -1

B. Reconcile with the Polish King (End Game)

• Event 25006 - The Ukrainians seek to return to the fold for Poland is triggered immediately
• +50 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with Russia
• -25 relations with Ottoman Empire

C. Seek the aid of the Ottoman Sultan

• Event 25007 - The Ukrainians seek our protection for Ottoman Empire is triggered immediately
• +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Poland
• Stability -1

D. We need the help of noone!

• Stability -2
• -25 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Poland
• Stability +1

Ukraine — Not random

Will happen on October 27, 1657

Description

Continuing the foreign policy of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, the newly elected Ivan Vygovsky invited to Korsun ambassadors of Sweden, Poland, Austria, the Ottomans, and the Crimea. At the Rada the Ukrainian-Swedish union was approved, relations with the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were renewed and a truce with Commonwealth was adopted.

Actions

A. Welcome to the Sich!

• +50 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Poland
• +25 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +25 relations with Crimea
• +25 relations with a random country
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 12 months

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Poland exists
• Country is not at war

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1658
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after September 12, 1659)

Description

Russian troops entered Poland in 1654. By the time when Bohdan Khmelnytsky died in 1657, many Cossack elders became dissatisfacted with results of the Pereiaslav Agreement. The Hadiach agreement was signed between representatives of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossacks (represented by Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky and the elders Yurii Nemyrych, architect of the treaty, and Pavlo Teteria). It was designed to elevate the Cossacks and Ruthenians to the position equal to that of Poland and Lithuania in the Union and in fact transforming the Commonwealth into a Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth. The territories of Hetmanate became the Grand Principality of Rus', retaining its own laws, a separate treasury and its own army under the Hetman. The Union of Brest was abolished, and the Orthodox was equalized in rights with the Catholics. The Polish Sejm approved the treaty substantially disparate, rejecting the articles about the principality of Rus' and the equality of the churches, which devalued the treaty for the Cossack elite as well.

Actions

A. Send the treaty to the Sejm

• Stability -1
• +50 relations with Poland
• Break vassalization with Russia
• Event 258131 - Stanislavian army reforms for Poland is triggered immediately

B. Don't negotiate with Poles

• Stability +1
• -100 relations with Poland
• +50 relations with Russia
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Own Ukrayina
• Control Ukrayina
• Event 258096 - Death of Svitrigaila for Poland has already occurred

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1658
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1665)

Description

In September 1632 the Kiev Collegium was created according to the Jesuit model introduced by the Metropolitan of Kiev, Petro Mohyla. The Treaty of Hadiach granted the Kiev Collegium the status of an academy and equalized it in rights with the Jagiellonian University. In a short time it became the educational center of Eastern Europe. Almost all Hetmans of Ukraine, philosophers and artists, as well as many theologians studied at the academy, which was later named after Petro Mohyla.

Actions

A. Found the Academy

• Innovativeness +1
• +1 diplomats
• +1 missionaries
• -100
• Event 258111 - Corona Lithuaniae for Poland will never fire

B. We cannot afford it

• -5 victory points

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Ukraine is a vassal of Poland
• Russia exists

Will happen within 90 days of October 2, 1659
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 2, 1660)

Description

The Hadiach agreement granted many privileges to Cossacks and thus threatened Muscovy influence over Cossacks, which deeply upset Russian Tsar. However the agreement remained mostly on paper. Lower classes of Cossacks feared reprisals and did not want to return estates of catholic nobility. Soon they revolted against their leaders. War between Poland and Sweden and engagement of Polish forces against Russian troops in Lithuania prevented any significant Polish support and initial successes of Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky could not change the tide. The second treaty of Pereiaslav, which was concluded between son of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Yuri and Russian tsar was an aftermath of the Hadiach Agreement. This treaty has drastically limited Cossack autonomy.

Actions

A. Sign the agreement

• Break vassalization with Poland
• +50 relations with Russia
• Event 271023 - Russian settlement in Astrakhan for Russia is triggered immediately

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Stability is at 0 or higher
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Ukraine is a vassal of Poland
  • Ukraine is a vassal of Russia

Will happen within 10 days of October 2, 1659
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 2, 1669)

Description

After the death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukraine was in a dramatic situation, colloquially nicknamed 'the Ruin'. Under pressure from external enemies and in the flames of internal disputes, the Hetmanate was divided along the Dnieper River in 1663. The Right Bank gravitated toward reconciliation with the Poles, who were aristocratically suspicious of the Ukrainians. The Left Bank counted on the Russians, drawing the Cossacks into increasing dependence. The Truce of Andrusovo of 1667 confirmed the split of the Hetmanate and made the liberation struggle of the Ukrainians extremely difficult. The period of chaos lasted until the election of Ivan Mazepa in 1687, but by this time Ukraine was devastated and the Right Bank was virtually extinct.

Actions

A. Lord, have mercy on us!

• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +5 for 60 months
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base manpower in a random province
• -1 base manpower in a random province
• -1 base manpower in a random province

Ukraine — Not random

Will happen on June 18, 1663

Description

Refusal of Yuri Khmelnitsky from the hetmanship in 1663 began a period of division of the Hetmanate. While Pavel Teterya ruled on the Right Bank, a struggle between Ivan Bryukhovetsky and Yakym Somko sharpened for hetmanship on the Left Bank. Loyal to Moscow, Briukhovetsky with his populist statements secured the support of the ordinary Cossacks, while Somko advocated a policy that served the interests of the petty officer. At a council in Nizhyn on June 18th 1663, Briukhovetsky was elected hetman, and soon his opponent was arrested and executed.

Actions

A. Briukhovetsky triumphs

• Stability -2
• +25 relations with Russia
• +3000 infantry in the capital province
• Aristocracy -1
• Centralization -1

B. Somko wins

• Stability -3
• Monarch Pavlo Teterya/Ivan Briukhovetsky will never rule
• Monarch Petro Doroshenko/Ivan Briukhovetsky will never rule
• Monarch Pavlo Teterya/Yakym Somko В° becomes active
• Monarch Petro Doroshenko/Yakym Somko В° becomes active
• +50 relations with Poland
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization +1

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Stability is at 2 or higher

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1690
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1705)

Description

Ivan Mazepa became famous for spending huge amounts of money on patronage of the arts: during his reign dozens of churches were restored and renovated, including St. Sophia of Kiev and the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Mazepa was also engaged in development of education and culture. In this hetman saw an opportunity to compare with European states.

Actions

A. May the Ukrainian land blossom

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• +2 base tax value in a random non-capital province
• +2 base tax value in a random non-capital province
• -100

B. Military preparations are more important

• Land tech investment: +50
• Naval tech investment: +50
• +200

Ukraine — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • The following must not occur:
    • Russia and Ukraine are at war
  • Ukraine is a vassal of Russia

Triggered by

Action A of 271017 - Treaty of Vilnius for Russia

Description

In order to properly fight the Swedes, Russia settled her feud with Poland for now.

Actions

A. Russia betrayed us!

• Break vassalization with Russia
• +200 relations with Sweden
• -200 relations with Russia

Ukraine — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 258150 - The Zborow Agreement for Poland

Description

When neither side achieved final victory, Poland had to conclude a peace treaty with Khmelnytsky. Agreement gave Cossacks wide autonomy in Ukraine limiting power of catholics and stated that all offices in Ukraine were to be held by orthodox, allowd Cossacks keep their plunder, confirmed Khmelnytsky as Great Hetman of Cossacks and gave orthodox Metropolite of Kiev place in Senate. The military register of the Cossacks was set at 40,000 men.

Actions

A. Yes, peace

• Stability +1
• +1 diplomats