in the campaign “Russo-Turkish War and the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1768–1774)”
The use of Ukrainian Cossack regiments in the imperial war against the Ottoman Empire. The merits of the Zaporozhians and their kish otaman Kalnyshevsky in this war "were recognized by the tsarist government and the empress, who awarded him a gold medal with diamonds"[1] – which saved neither him nor the Sich from reprisal right after the victory.