Non-aggression pact and territorial settlement between Russia and Poland-Lithuania
Polish-Russian Peace Treaty (1686) "Treaty of Perpetual Peace" Signed 1686 Location Moscow Condition 1686-1772 Signatories
The Polish-Russian Peace Treaty of 1686 , officially known as Treaty of Perpetual Peace Russian : Вечный мир , Lithuanian : Amžinoji taika , Polish : Pokój wieczysty but also known in Polish tradition Grzymułtowski Peace , Polish : Pokój Grzymułtowskiego ) was concluded between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to finally end the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) . It was signed in Moscow on 6 May 1686 by Polish–Lithuanian envoys Krzysztof Grzymułtowski , Voivode of Poznań and Marcjan Ogiński , Chancellor of Lithuania, as well as the Russian knyaz Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn . These parties were incited to cooperate after a major geopolitical intervention in Ukraine on the part of the Ottoman Empire .[ 1]
The treaty confirmed the earlier Truce of Andrusovo of 1667.[ 1] preamble and 33 articles. The treaty secured Russia's possession of Left-bank Ukraine plus the right-bank city of Kiev .[ 2] rubles were to be paid to Poland as compensation for the loss of the Left Bank.[ 2] Zaporizhian Sich , Siverian lands , cities of Chernihiv , Starodub , Smolensk and its outskirts were also ceded to Russia, while Poland retained Right-bank Ukraine . Both parties agreed not to sign a separate treaty with the Ottoman Empire.[ 2] anti-Turkish coalition , which comprised Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , the Holy Roman Empire and Venice . Russia pledged to organize a military campaign against the Crimean Khanate , which led to the Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) .
The treaty was a major success for Russian diplomacy. Strongly opposed in Poland-Lithuania, it was not ratified by the Sejm (parliament of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) until 1710.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Convocation Sejm (1764) .[ 5]
The borders between Russia and the Commonwealth established by the treaty remained in effect until the First Partition of Poland in 1772.
Polish-Lithuanian territorial losses 1657-1686 marked in orange.
Truce of Andrusovo 1667: Russian gains in dark green
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the 1686 treaty
References
^ a b Ariel Cohen (1998). Russian Imperialism: Development and Crisis Greenwood Publishing . p. 43. ISBN 978-0-275-96481-8 ^ a b c d Jerzy Jan Lerski; Piotr Wróbel; Richard J. Kozicki (1996). Historical dictionary of Poland, 966-1945 ISBN 978-0-313-26007-0 ^ Norman Davies (1982). God's Playground, a History of Poland: The origins to 1795 ISBN 978-0-231-05351-8 ^ Eugeniusz Romer , O wschodniej granicy Polski z przed 1772 r., w: Księga Pamiątkowa ku czci Oswalda Balzera, t. II, Lwów 1925, s. [355].^ Jacek Staszewski, August II Mocny, Wrocław 1998, p. 100.
