

After the Treaty of Pereyaslav with Muscovy, the Host was also called Little Russia by the Russians. The Cossack state, established by treaty with Poland in 1648, was called the Zaporozhian Host ( Zaporoz'ke Vois'ko, sometimes "Zaporozhian Army"). Kuban Cossack 11:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC) Article reorganized Did a bit of reading and it looks like there may have to be a bit of reorganization, eventually. 21:29 Z I think more emphasis should be given to the article about the Sech, as many interwiki articles actually redirect here. I'll try to clean it up a little, though. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:55, (UTC) There's a lot missing here, and I don't feel qualified to fill in the blanks without doing a lot of reading. I added the merge tag to attract somebody with more knowledge then me would improve the articles - either by merging them or expanding enough so they no longer cause confusion. I believe that the Hetmanate continued to exist for some time after the actual Sich was destroyed (anyone know the details?). The term is also used to refer to the Cossack state (the dominion of a hetman), and this is where it overlaps with a secondary meaning of Zaporizhian Sich. The Hetmanate was a political entity under the Russian Empire, established at the Treaty of Pereyaslav.

The term is also used to refer to the Cossack nation overall, or the territory under its control, in the way the names of city-states are used. The Zaporizhian Sich was a fortress, the capital of the Cossack nation both before and after the establishment of the Russian principality called the Hetmanate.A bit of cross-editing may be necessary, but they are essentially two different things. I don't think it's appropriate to merge this article with Zaporizhian Sich. 4 Disconnected material from the article, also re razing (massacre).
