Sich-Tsardom crisis

Sich-Tsardom Crisis
Sich-Tsardom Crisis
Part of The Ruin
Date	December 1673 – June 1674
Caused by	Lack of funding from Russian Tsardom; Sirko's conflict with Hetman Samoylovych;
Goals	Preserving independence of Zaporozhian Sich; Sirko's revenge for exile to Siberia (possibly);
Resulted in	Sich victory; (See § Aftermath)
Parties
Zaporozhian Sich	Tsardom of Russia; Cossack Hetmanate
Lead figures
	Ivan Sirko; Grigory Pelek; Andrey Yakovlev; Stepan Bely; Fyodor Sriblyanyk; Ignat Goloblya (POW); Hrytsk Golob (POW); Yarem Kvasha (POW); False Semyon Tsar Alexis; Grigory Romodanovsky; Lukyan Andreyev †; Semyon Shchogolev (POW); Vasily Chaduyev (POW); Ivan Samoylovych; Osavul Chernyachenko (POW)
Casualties and losses
Several envoys captured; (later released)	1 killed; 2 envoys captured; (later released)

The Sich-Tsardom crisis occurred between the Sich Cossacks of Ivan Sirko and Tsardom of Russia supported by Cossack Hetmanate, which occurred over Sich sheltering False Tsarevich Semyon, from December 1673 to June 1674.