Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whiti - Ko te Pakanga Kaore e mohiotia he pukapuka hitori hoia na Hienadz Sahanovich i tuhi. E whakaahua ana i nga huihuinga o te pakanga i waenga i te Tsardom o Russia me te Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth i te 1654-67. Kua mōhiotia te pakanga he wāhanga o te "Raru"
, he raupapa pakanga hoia i kaha ki te Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth i te waenganui o te rautau 17 e whakauru ana ki te Khmelnytsky Uprising, te whakaekenga a Sweden, me te whakaekenga a Ruhia i roto i era atu.