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Hetman Vyhovsky supported the negotiations with the Commonwealth, especially after he suppressed a revolt led by the colonel of Poltava, Martyn Pushkar, and severed relations with Tsardom of Russia for its violations of the Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654.

The Treaty of Hadiach was, however, viewed by many Cossacks as ' too little, too late ', and they especially opposed the agreement to return land property to the szlachta.

After the 1648 revolt, the Commonwealth was very unpopular with ordinary Cossacks.

Rank-and-file Cossacks saw Orthodox Moscow as their natural ally and did not care for alliance with the Commonwealth.

Furthermore, Hadiach was too much a deal that merely benefited the elite of the Cossacks — the " starshyna "— who wanted to be recognized as equal to the Polish nobility.

Thus, while some Cossacks, among them the hetman Ivan Vyhovsky supported the Commonwealth, many did not, and Cossack unrest continued in Ukraine.