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It was signed on January 30 by Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (Russia) and Jerzy Chlebowicz ( Poland ) in a Village of Andrusovo not far from Smolensk . Poland agreed to cede the Smolensk and Chernigov Voivodship s and acknowledged Russian control over the Left-bank Ukraine (''Livoberezhna Ukrayina''). Right-bank Ukraine (''Pravoberezhna Ukrayina'') and Belarus remained under Polish control.

The city of Kiev had to remain with Russia only until 1669 , but Russia managed to keep it by signing the Eternal Peace Treaty with Poland in 1686 . The region of Zaporozhian Sich was declared to remain under a joint Russo-Polish Condominium . The treaty also obliged both sides to common defence against the Ottoman Empire .

In Russia , the Treaty of Andrusovo was generally praised as an important step towards unification of three East-Slavic Nations , Ukrainians , Belarusians and Russians , within one state, the Russian Empire . In Ukraine the treaty is often viewed as leading to the partition of the Ukrainian nation between its more powerful neighboring states.


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