Ukraine and Turkish relationships

In the fight with Turkish-Tatar invasion Ukrainian Cossacks of Zaporozhye has formed. In the 17th - 18th centuries Cossacks-Hetman state was using Ottoman empire support to balance political situation in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly against the imperialist desires of Poland and Russian. In Crimea you can still find many buildings with Turkish spirit and look. In the 18th century the weakening of the Cossack Hetman state and loss of autonomy of Ukraine, Ukrainians actively participated in the Russo-Turkish wars (in the Russian Army). In 1774 Austria, on the occasion of the Russo-Turkish War, attacked Bukovina, which until then was part of Moldavia and was under the authority of Turkey for more than two and a half centuries.