Treaty of Żurawno

A painting by Roman Postemski titled "John III signs a treaty with the Turks in Żurawno"

TheTreaty of Żurawno(Turkish:İzvança Antlaşması;Polish:rozejm w Żurawnie) was signed on 17 October 1676 in the town ofŻurawno(orİzvança,as it was called during the Ottoman occupation ofPodolia), in the aftermath of theBattle of Żurawno.

The treaty, signed by thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealthand theOttoman Empire,ended the second phase of thePolish–Ottoman War (1672–76).It revised the 1672Treaty of Buchach,and was more favorable to the Commonwealth, which no longer had to pay tribute, and regained about one third of the Ukrainian territories lost in theBuchach treaty.It also stipulated that theLipka Tatarswere to be given a free individual choice of whether they wanted to serve the Ottoman Empire or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In order to ratify the treaty, the Commonwealth sent toIstanbulJan Gninski, thevoivodeofChelmno Voivodeship.He stayed there in 1677–1678, but in the meantime, PolishSejmrefused to ratify the document. Soon afterwards, theGreat Turkish Warbroke out. After theTreaty of Karlowitz,Podoliareturned to Poland.