On October 11, 1653, the Zemsky Sobor in Moscow, responding to the proposal of Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host Bohdan Khmelnytsky,

adopted a decision on the acceptance of Ukraine into the composition of Russia. During the 13th–17th centuries, the Orthodox inhabitants of Little Russia were harshly oppressed by the Catholic authorities…

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