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Treaty of Buchach

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Treaty of Buchach

The Treaty of Buchach was signed on 18 October 1672 in Buczacz (now Buchach, Ukraine) between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire, ended the first phase of the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676). King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, unable to raise a suitable army against the Ottomans and Petro Doroshenko's Cossacks who laid the siege of Lviv.

Under the treaty Poland:

  • ceded territory of Podolian Voivodeship to the Ottomans
  • agreed to pay a yearly tribute of 22,000 Thaler
  • ceded territory of Bratslav Voivodeship and southern Kiev Voivodeship to the Cossack Hetmanate (Ottoman Ukraine)
  • The hostilities would resume already in the spring of 1673 as the Sejm never ratified the treaty. In 1676 it was revised with the Treaty of Żurawno (today in Zhuravno, Zhydachiv Raion).

    References

    Treaty of Buchach Wikipedia