Petro Dorofiyovytsh Doroshenko was born in Chyhyryn in 1627.
After the election Doroshenko has achieved union with khan Ladyl-Hirey and went to pass of Dnipro and to remove from a post Bruhovets'kyi - the protege of Moscow. In 1668 he managed to persuade Bruhovets'kyi to appear against Moscow. Infortunately, the internal conflicts in Cossac's foreman in next time have not allowed to unite both parts of Ukraine and to make by its independent - though between all het'mans Doroshenko most sequentially tried to achieve just this purpose.