Packet O: Tossup 16

Many graduates of this modern-day country’s Mohyla Academy became itinerant tutors called diak that gained a reputation for singing and beer guzzling. A town in this country hosted negotiations to form the “Republic of Three Nations” through the Treaty of Hadiach (“HOD-yotch”). A group predominantly in this modern-day country coalesced around fortifications called sich (-5[1])(“seech”) built (10[1])in forest (10[2])clearings (10[1])of a region named for its location “beyond the rapids.” (10[1])Independence for that group predominantly (-5[1])from this modern-day country was sought by their leader Ivan Mazepa. (10[4])In (10[1])this modern-day country’s Left Bank, (10[2])a semi-independent Hetmanate (10[1])was founded (10[1])after the (10[1])Khmelnytsky Uprising. For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this modern-day country where the Zaporozhian (10[1])Host (10[1])of Cossacks settled along the Dnieper River. ■END■ (10[1])

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