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'''Vasilii Buturlin''' (d. 1656) was a Russian 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 Kozaks|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|Russian]] forces that aided the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] in expeling the [[Polish]] troops from [[Ukraine]].

'''Vasilii Buturlin''' (d. 1656) was a [[Russian]] [[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|Russian]] forces that aided the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] in expeling the [[Polish]] troops from [[Ukraine]].

== Links ==

== Links ==

[http://www.xmel.org/bohdan.htm#anchor98092 History of the Agreement]  

[http://www.xmel.org/bohdan.htm#anchor98092 History of the Agreement]  

[[category:Ukraine]]

[[category:Ukraine]]