Integration Reforms of Peter I and the Great Northern War (1700–1708)
Systematic exploitation of the Hetmanate's potential in a grueling war combined with the simultaneous launch of administrative absorption (the reforms of 1707). The Cossacks dispatched to distant fronts were «wearied, destitute, left horseless, and ruined by year-round military service». The empire began transferring Ukrainian affairs to the Razriad Prikaz in order «to convert the Cossacks into a regular army... to break the military rights and liberties» and «to take the Little Russian towns into its own domain»[1].
Actors
| ID | Name | Description |
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| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy |
The dispatch of Cossack regiments to distant theaters of war (the Baltic countries, Poland), which led to their exhaustion. The troops were "wearied by year-round military service, worn down, left without horses, and destitute"[1][2][3]. |
Techniques Used
| ID | Name | Use | |
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| T0030 | Administrative-Territorial Division |
Preparation for the liquidation of the Hetmanate through the gubernia reform, into which Cossack towns were artificially inscribed. Moscow planned "to take the Little Russian towns into its own domain"[1][2]. |
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| T0010 | Denial of a Distinct Identity |
A course toward the complete absorption and destruction of the very name of the Cossack state. The empire sought "to eradicate the Zaporozhian Host of the Lower Dnipro and erase its name forever... to enslave the entire Little Russian people to itself forever"[1][4]. |
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| T0049 | Forced Mobilization |
The dispatch of Cossack regiments to distant theaters of war (the Baltic countries, Poland), which led to their exhaustion. The troops were "wearied by year-round military service, worn down, left without horses, and destitute"[1][2][3]. |
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| T0041 | Implantation of Officials and Military Personnel |
The strangulation of the autonomy's economy through the system of billeting the regular army: "And when the kompaniytsi and serdiuks stand in winter quarters... 24 commoners feed a single kompaniyets without any excuses"[1][2]. |
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| T0057 | Labor Exploitation |
The mass conscription of the population for the construction of military installations in Moscow's interests. The tsar officially thanked the hetman for "the considerable labors borne... in the making of the Pechersk fortification"[1][2]. |
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| T0031 | Restriction of Sovereignty |
The liquidation of the autonomy through the administrative reform of 1707: the transfer of Ukrainian affairs to the Razriadnyi Prikaz with the aim "to convert the Cossacks into a regular army... to break the rights and liberties of the Host"[1][2][3]. |
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Instruments
| ID | Name | Description |
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| S0008 | Government |
The liquidation of the autonomy through the administrative reform of 1707: the transfer of Ukrainian affairs to the Razriadnyi Prikaz with the aim "to convert the Cossacks into a regular army... to break the rights and liberties of the Host"[1][2][3]. |
| S0010 | Regular Army |
The dispatch of Cossack regiments to distant theaters of war (the Baltic countries, Poland), which led to their exhaustion. The troops were "wearied by year-round military service, worn down, left without horses, and destitute"[1][2][3]. |
References
- Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2011). ИВАН МАЗЕПА И РОССИЙСКАЯ ИМПЕРИЯ ИСТОРИЯ «ПРЕДАТЕЛЬСТВА».
- Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2007). Мазепа.
- Вікіпедія. (2026). Іван Мазепа — Вікіпедія.
- Михаил Зыгарь. (2023). Война и наказание: Как Россия уничтожала Украину.