The Ottoman government, after having captured and…

The Ottoman government, after having captured and devastated the region of Podolia in the course of the Polish–Turkish War of 1672–1676, now strives to spread its rule over all of Right-bank Ukraine with the support of Hetman Petro Doroshenko, the Porte’s vassal since 1669.

The latter’s pro-Turkish policy has caused discontent among many Ukrainian Cossacks, who in 1674 had elected Ivan Samoilovich, Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine) as sole Hetman of all Ukraine.

Doroshenko, displeased with the attempted coup by the electorate, leads in army of twelve thousand men in seizing the city of Chyhyryn, counting on the approaching Turkish-Tatar army for backup.

However, the Russian and Ukrainian forces under the command of Samoilovich and Grigory Romodanovsky besiege Chyhyryn and force Doroshenko’s surrender.

Leaving a garrison in Chyhyryn, the Russian and Ukrainian armies retreat to the left bank of the Dnieper.