The Treaty of Bakhchisarai was signed in Bakhchisaray

Bakhchisaray

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 after the Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) on January 3, 1681 by Russia

Russia

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, the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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, and the Crimean Khanate

Crimean Khanate

Crimean Khanate, or Khanate of Crimea , was a state ruled by Crimean Tatars from 1441 to 1783. Its native name was . Its khans were the patrilineal descendants of Toqa Temür, the thirteenth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan...

. They agreed to a 20-year truce and had accepted the Dnieper River

Dnieper River

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 as the demarcation line between the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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 and Moscow

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's domain. All sides agreed not to settle the territory between the Southern Bug

Southern Bug

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 and Dnieper rivers. After the signing of the treaty, the Nogai

Nogais

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 hordes still retained the right to live as nomads in the southern steppe

Steppe

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s of Ukraine

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, while the Cossacks retained the right to fish in the Dnieper and its tributaries; to obtain salt in the south; and to sail on the Dnieper and the Black Sea

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. The sultan then recognized Muscovy's sovereignty in the Left-bank Ukraine

Left-bank Ukraine

Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of the Kiev and Cherkasy....

 region and the Zaporozhian Cossack domain, while the southern part of the Kiev

Kiev

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 region, the Bratslav

Bratslav

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 region, and Podolia

Podolia

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were left under Ottoman control.