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It was signed on January 30 by Afanasy Ordyn-Naschekin (Russia) and Jerzy Chlebowicz , ambassador of Poland in a village of Andrusovo not far from Smolensk. Poland agreed to cede the Smolensk and ChernihivChernihiv in Ukrainian) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichow and Russian: Chernigov''. Population 295,500 (2004). Founded as early as 9th century One of major cities of early Ruthenia voivodshipA Voivodship ( Romanian: Voievodat Polish: Wojewodztwo Serbian: Vojvodstvo or Vojvodina was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod. The Voivod was initially the military commander next tos and acknowledged Russian control over the Left-bank UkraineLeft-bank Ukraine ( Ukrainian: Russian: Polish: Lewobrzezna Ukraina ): historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnipro River, comprising the modern-day regions of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy and the eastern part of the Kyiv and Cherkas (Лівобережна Україна). Right-bank UkraineRight-bank Ukraine ( Ukrainian: Russian: Polish: Prawobrzezna Ukraina , a historical name of a part of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnipro, consisting of the modern day Volyn, Rivne, Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Kirvohrad and Kyiv region as well as part of the (Правобережна Україна) and Belarus remained under Polish control.
The city of Kyiv had to remain with Russia only until 1669Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. The Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb destroys several Hindu temples and banned the whole religion, so Hindus rebel. Antonio Stradivari makes his first violin Famine in Bengal kills 3 million people The Hanseatic Leagu, but Russia managed to keep it by signing the Eternal Peace Treaty with Poland in 1686Events The League of Augsburg is founded. Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end. The region of Zaporozhian Sich was declared to remain under a joint Russo-Polish condominium. The treaty also obliged both sides to common defence against the Ottoman Empire.
In Russia the Treaty of Andrusovo is generally considered an important step towards unification of Ukrainian and Belorussian people with the Russians.