The Zaporozhian Sich was shut down by Catherine the Great.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple sources, including a primary historical text (Mansouroff chapter) and encyclopedic/historical sources, state that Catherine the Great had the Zaporozhian Sich destroyed in 1775, matching the claim's core assertion. The claimant's passage ('wasn't shut down until...
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… I mean, anyone wanted to get away from Peter the Great, he reduced the Cossack host to absolutely nothing, um, so, um, so ultimately no one trusted anybody, not even internally, and the only real stable point was the Zaporozhian Sick, always the most radical of the of the Cossack groups, and that wasn't shut down until, um, until Catherine, Catherine the Great. So, you know, you had uprisings all over the place, and the worst thing that happened, we'll talk about this here in a minute, something called the Treaty of Andrew Sloven in 1667, which will negate the Cossack state entirely and divide Ukraine between …
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Supports. A primary historical text states the Zaporozhian Sich was destroyed by the forces of Catherine the Great of Russia on June 5, 1775.[1]
Supports. Wikipedia's article states that Catherine the Great disbanded the Sich in 1775 and that Russian forces under her orders destroyed it.[2]
Supports. Alchetron and Kiddle both report that Catherine the Great's government disbanded/banned the Sich in 1775, with a decree explaining the decision.[3][4]
Supports. A 2025 Civilization VII discussion post describes Catherine's 1775 order leading to the destruction of the Sich, corroborating the event though it is not a scholarly source.[5]
Context. Sources vary on exact dates (May 1775 order, June 1775 attack), and some note an earlier 1709 destruction by Peter the Great before the 1734 New Sich; these details do not contradict the claim that Catherine ultimately shut it down.[2][3][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 primary, 5 not rated
- 1Ukraine at the End of the Eighteenth Centurypenelope.uchicago.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Zaporozhian Sich - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Zaporozhian Cossacks Facts for Kidskids.kiddle.co · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Zaporizhian Sich - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopediaalchetron.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Why Cossacks Should Not Represent Catherine and Russia in Civilization VII: A Historical Misstep :: Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Generalsteamcommunity.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Zaporizhian Sich - MythosJourneymythosjourney.com · not rated · cited for: context
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