Great Expulsion (Ukraine)

Great Expulsion (Ukrainian: Великий згін) was a campaign of mass forced resettlement organized by Cossack hetman Ivan Samoilovych with the support of Muscovite voivodes in Right-bank Ukraine. Initiated in order to weaken the support base of Samoilovych's rival, Right-bank hetman Petro Doroshenko, the campaign started in 1674 and reached its peak in 1678-1679, resulting in the devastation of the territories of Cherkasy, Kaniv and Korsun regiments and transfer of their populations to Left-bank Ukraine.

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