Transfer of Power, the 'Delayed Succession,' and Political Crisis in Cossack Ukraine (1657).

An essay is presented on the failure of the family of Ukraine Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi to become the hereditary rulers of Ukraine. Topics covered include the political tradition, process and culture of 17th-century Ukraine, the impact of the death of Khmelnytskyi on July 27, 1657, and the association of dynasty and hereditary succession with sovereignty and power. It also discusses the thwarted dynasty of military leader Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in England, Scotland and Ireland.