Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Polish-Lithuanian Background:" Pakazosvika 1362 (Hondo yeBlue Waters
) chikamu chikuru chokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweUkraine (kusanganisira Kyiv) chakanga chawira kuLithuania. Muna 1385 (Union of Krewo) korona dzePoland neLithuania dzakabatanidzwa muPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth uye Lithuania yakava yechiKristu, nyika yokupedzisira yeEurope kuita kudaro. Muna 1569 (Union of Lublin), mukati meHondo yeLivonian, mubatanidzwa wakasimba wakaitwa uye mazhinji eUkraine akaendeswa kubva kuLithuania kuenda kuPoland. Muna 1596 (Brest Union) kuedza kwakaitwa kubatana kwechechi. MaOrthodox aizochengeta miitiro yawo navakuru vorudzidziso vakaroora nepo vachigamuchira ukuru hwedzidziso hwaPapa. Sezvo vamwe veOrthodox vakaramba izvi, zvakaguma nokuumbwa kwekereke nhatu panzvimbo pe mbiri. Kubva munenge muna 1610 maOrthodox nemaZaporozhian Cossacks vakava shamwari dzepedyo, nokudaro vachiwedzera kushamwaridzana kwavose kubva kuPoland. Kubva munenge muna 1637 kwakava nokumukira munyika dzokumabvazuva uko kwakatungamirira kukufamba kwavagari kupinda munharaunda yeRussia kumaodzanyemba kweBelgorod Line (Sloboda Ukraine).