'''Vasilii Buturlin''' (died 1656) was a [[Russia]]n [[boyar]] and emissary. In [[January]] 1654 he headed the [[Russia|Muscovite]] delegation at the negotiations of the [[Pereiaslav Treaty]] with [[Hetman]] [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]] and the [[Ukrainian Kozak]]s. He refused to give the [[Ukrainian Kozak|Kozaks]] the [[Tsar]]'s oath to protect their freedoms (an oath which the Tsar had no intention of either giving of keeping), and this agreeent ultimately led to the domination of [[Ukraine]] by [[Russia]]. Later, in 1655 he commanded the [[Russia]]n forces that aided the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] in expeling the [[Polish]] troops from [[Ukraine]].
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'''Vasilii Buturlin''' (died 1656) was a [[Russia]]n [[boyar]] and emissary. In [[January]] 1654 he headed the [[Russia|Muscovite]] delegation at the negotiations of the [[Pereiaslav Treaty]] with [[Hetman]] [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]] and the [[Ukrainian Kozak]]s. He refused to give the [[Ukrainian Kozak|Kozaks]] the [[Tsar]]'s oath to protect their freedoms (an oath which the Tsar had no intention of either giving of keeping), and this agreeent ultimately led to the domination of [[Ukraine]] by [[Russia]]. Later, in 1655 he commanded the Russian forces that aided the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] in expelling the [[Polish]] troops from [[Ukraine]].