"Eternal Peace" with Poland (1686)
The legal legitimization of the partition of territories between the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth behind the Hetmanate's back, which finally turned Ukraine into a rightless object of bargaining. "In 1686 Russia and Poland sign yet another so-called 'eternal peace,' under which they now officially divide Ukraine between themselves. For Mazepa and all Ukrainians this is a colossal humiliation." The deal was sealed financially: "So that Poland would recognize Kyiv as Russian forever, in 1686 Moscow paid it 146 thousand rubles in silver"[1].
Actors
| ID | Name | Description |
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| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy |
The division of spheres of influence behind the back of the Ukrainian ally, accompanied by a financial transaction for territory: Moscow officially paid an enormous sum in silver for the cession of Kyiv[1][2][3]. |
Techniques Used
| ID | Name | Use | |
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| T0030 | Administrative-Territorial Division |
The legal codification of the country's split into two parts, with the Right Bank turned into a buffer zone: "Under the terms of the Eternal Peace, the Right Bank remained with Poland... it was agreed and resolved that those places are to remain deserted, as they now are"[3][2]. |
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| T0039 | Collusion with a Third Party |
The division of spheres of influence behind the back of the Ukrainian ally, accompanied by a financial transaction for territory: Moscow officially paid an enormous sum in silver for the cession of Kyiv[1][2][3]. |
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| T0008 | Deprivation of Agency |
The complete exclusion of the autonomy from participation in international negotiations about the status of its own territories. In the legal partition of Ukrainian lands, the opinion of the people themselves was ignored: "For Mazepa and all Ukrainians this was a colossal humiliation"[1][2]. |
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| T0100 | Seizure of Religious Institutions |
The diplomatic entrenchment of spiritual occupation. Moscow secured the inclusion in the treaty of a clause on the jurisdiction of the Moscow patriarch over the Orthodox in Poland: "the higher Orthodox clergy shall receive consecration from the Metropolitan of Kyiv [already subordinated to Moscow]"[4][5]. |
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Instruments
| ID | Name | Description |
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| S0009 | Diplomacy |
The division of spheres of influence behind the back of the Ukrainian ally, accompanied by a financial transaction for territory: Moscow officially paid an enormous sum in silver for the cession of Kyiv[1][2][3]. |
| S0008 | Government |
The legal codification of the country's split into two parts, with the Right Bank turned into a buffer zone: "Under the terms of the Eternal Peace, the Right Bank remained with Poland... it was agreed and resolved that those places are to remain deserted, as they now are"[3][2]. |
References
- Михаил Зыгарь. (2023). Война и наказание: Как Россия уничтожала Украину.
- Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2007). Мазепа.
- Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2011). ИВАН МАЗЕПА И РОССИЙСКАЯ ИМПЕРИЯ ИСТОРИЯ «ПРЕДАТЕЛЬСТВА».