001. Факультет гуманітарних наук

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    Naval campaigns of the Ukrainian Cossack fleet to the Fortress of Sinop
    (İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık, 2023) Turanly, Ferhad; Uydu Yücel, Mualla; Kavak, Nuri; Aktaş, Sema
    The goal of the Study is to consider the problem of naval campaigns of Ukrainian Cossack Fleet to Turkish possessions in the Black Sea Area, and particularly to the Fortress of Sinop. On the ground of authentic Turkic-Osman and Ukrainian written sources, the author explains the reasons for strengthening of naval forces of the Zaporozhian Host that for a long period of time carried out successful campaigns against towns and fortresses of the Ottoman Empire. In this context, there have been identified the chronology of the mentioned events, as well as their consequences. The author clarifies the areal and the routes that occurred to be important for establishing trade relations. The research also concerns the issue and circumstances of establiching political and military unions between the Zaporozhian Host and the Crimean Khanate. Formation and strengthening of Ukrainian Cossack Army at the beginning of the 17th century enabled them to participate in different military campaigns, particularly in the war between Austrian and Osman Empires. In this relation, the paper reveals that the Cossack factor was not an additional military support in the external policy of the Habsburgs, but the factor of strategic significance and influence on the external and internal policies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the struggle for gaining the Polish throne. The Study was conducted observing the principles of the historism and historic source-studying systematics. The principles of interdisciplinary approach and the norm of authenticity identification of informational value of the data and facts were also identified. The Academic Novelty of the study is a civilisational comprehension of the development of Oriental Studies in Ukraine, primarily that of Historiography and Studies of Sources related to the Turkish-Ottoman written documents concerning the Cossack Period of Ukraine, used for that purpose an adequate methodology/