the jerusalem patriarch paisius gave bohdan the title of the most serene prince.e of kiev fired all their cannons into the air. and beat the valet. in kiev, patriarch paistius and khmelnitsky held long negotiations. khmelnitsky persuaded paisius, who was going to moscow, to persuade the russian tsar to accept little russian ukraine under his, the tsar's, hand. of course, he accepted it on bohdan's terms, but nevertheless, it was bohdan khmelnitsky's initiative. on january 2 , 1649, paisius left for moscow via putivl. putivl was then a russian city. now it is in the sumy region of ukraine. putivel is the very city from whose walls in the russian epic, the tale of igor's campaign, yaroslav weeps for prince igor. location the russian city of putivl as part of independent ukraine is a catastrophic, insane paradox, in my opinion. paisiy arrived to the russian tsar alexei mikhailovich and brought news from bohdan khmelnitsky, saying in words: "take them, tsar, they are asking." meanwhile, russian intelligence reported to the russian tsar that the zialian cherkassy, ​​th