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Azov Campaigns and Fortress Construction (1695–1700)

The use of the autonomy as a free resource and labor base for Peter I's ambitions in the south. The population bore extremely heavy logistical obligations: "Provisions for the volunteer troops were supplied by the commoners, who also stocked hay for the winter for the army's artillery." In addition, Moscow established military control by deploying a network of bases near the Zaporizhian Sich: "The Zaporozhians... put forward the demolition of Kamianyi Zaton as a condition for any oath... Mazepa was furious"[1].

ID: C0010
Start:  January 1695
End:  December 1700
Contributors: decolonial.ist project
Version: 1.1
Created: 24 April 2026
Last Modified: 9 August 2026
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Actors

ID Name Procedures
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy 4

Instruments Applied

ID Name Procedures
S0010 Regular Army 2
S0009 Diplomacy 1
S0008 Government 1

Procedures Carried Out


January 1695
T0056 Taxation
C0010 Azov Campaigns and Fortress Construction (1695–1700)
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy
S0008 Government

Shifting the financial and logistical burden of imperial wars onto the autonomy's shoulders: "The commoners supplied provisions for the volunteer troops, and they also stocked hay for the winter for the host's artillery"[1][2].

January 1695
T0057 Labor Exploitation
C0010 Azov Campaigns and Fortress Construction (1695–1700)
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy
S0010 Regular Army

The forced use of Cossacks to build imperial infrastructure under harsh conditions: "in the making of fortifications around the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery"[1][2].

January 1695
T0015 Bribery of Elites
C0010 Azov Campaigns and Fortress Construction (1695–1700)
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy
S0009 Diplomacy

The distribution of the highest imperial awards to buy the hetman's loyalty against the backdrop of Ukraine's resource exhaustion: Peter I "deigned to name me a knight of the glorious order of the holy first-called apostle of Christ, Andrew"[1][2].

January 1695
T0139 Construction of Fortresses
C0010 Azov Campaigns and Fortress Construction (1695–1700)
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy
S0010 Regular Army

The deployment of a network of military bases (Novobohorodytska, Kamianyi Zaton) near the Zaporozhian Sich. Under the pretext of protection, Moscow was establishing rigid military control: "The Zaporozhians... put forward the destruction of Kamianyi Zaton as a condition for any oath of allegiance"[1][2].

References

  1. Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2011). Иван Мазепа и Российская империя. История «предательства».
  1. Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2007). Мазепа.