jan kazimir did not fulfill khmelnitsky's expectations. who was asked to atone for his guilt.e occupied kiev, slaughtering almost all the people of kiev. kiev has become depopulated. and this is one of the reasons why the rada was assembled not in kiev, but in pereyaslav a year and a half later. in 1653, khmelnitsky again resumed the war again together with the tatars. and ukraine, devastated, plague-stricken, was dying. some of the people left. you golotyn, accept the letters of his tsar's majesty, in it, our sovereign, joyfully answers you to your letter, and he is fit to wait for your ambassadors in moscow. on january 8 , khmilisky made a speech to the people. we ourselves cannot, but many want to conquer ours. land, khan of crimea, sultan of turkey, king of poland, what should we do, but there is a half-blood and one of the same faith, the great white russian tsar, do you want to be united with moscow? the people answered, yes, and for 350 years, 350 years, we were together in one state, glory to the people. soon the day will come, brother will unite with brother, and ther