The Reshetylivka Articles (1709)

The first systematic campaign to dismantle treaty-based subjecthood. Peter I unilaterally replaced the procedure of signing equal interstate treaties with the issuance of his own tsarist «resolutions», codifying administrative diktat[1][2].

ID: C0016
Start:  July 1709
End:  December 1709
Version: 1.0
Created: 24 April 2026
Last Modified: 24 April 2026

Actors

ID Name Description
G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy

Refusal to sign a treaty: replacement of an agreement between equals with unilateral "resolutions" (decrees) of the tsar[1][2].

Techniques Used

ID Name Use
T0008 Deprivation of Agency

Refusal to sign a treaty: replacement of an agreement between equals with unilateral "resolutions" (decrees) of the tsar[1][2].

T0038 Economic Control

Introduction of an obligation to submit full financial reports on the region's revenues under the supervision of the center[1][2].

T0041 Implantation of Officials and Military Personnel

Establishment of the institution of a ministerial resident for permanent surveillance of the hetman and his correspondence[1][2].

T0031 Restriction of Sovereignty

A categorical ban on the hetman conducting foreign policy or receiving foreign envoys[1][2].

Instruments

ID Name Description
S0008 Government

Refusal to sign a treaty: replacement of an agreement between equals with unilateral "resolutions" (decrees) of the tsar[1][2].

S0012 Occupation and Controlled Administrations

Establishment of the institution of a ministerial resident for permanent surveillance of the hetman and his correspondence[1][2].

References

  1. Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2011). ИВАН МАЗЕПА И РОССИЙСКАЯ ИМПЕРИЯ ИСТОРИЯ «ПРЕДАТЕЛЬСТВА».