Administrative Dismantling and Enserfment of the Left Bank (1781–1786)
The execution of Catherine II's secret instructions for the institutional and cultural assimilation of the land: the liquidation of the regimental order and the introduction of imperial viceroyalties – the Kyiv Viceroyalty was established by the nominal decree to the Senate of September 16, 1781 (PSZRI, coll. 1, vol. XXI, no. 15,228; execution ordered from November)[1][2], "which finally abolished the remnants of the Hetmanate's autonomy and its regimental-sotnia administrative-political and military order"[3]; the secularization of monastery lands in 1786 and the legal binding of peasants by Catherine II's decree of May 3, 1783: "each of the villagers is to remain in the place and station where he is registered by the current last revision"[4].
Actors
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| G0009 | Russian Empire | 3 |
Instruments Applied
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| S0008 | Government | 2 |
| S0024 | Police Apparatus | 1 |
Procedures Carried Out
The abolition of the Cossack regimental order and the division of the Left Bank into imperial viceroyalties: the Kyiv Viceroyalty was established by the nominal decree to the Senate of September 16, 1781 (PSZRI, coll. 1, vol. XXI, no. 15,228; execution ordered from November)[1][2], "which finally abolished the remnants of the Hetmanate's autonomy and its regimental-sotnia administrative-political and military order"[3]; the same decree established the Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi viceroyalties.
The legal enserfment of Ukrainian peasants by Catherine II's decree of May 3, 1783, depriving them of the right of free movement: "For the certain and reliable collection of treasury revenues in the viceroyalties of Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Novhorod-Siverskyi and for the prevention of any flights… each of the villagers is to remain in the place and station where he is registered by the current last revision"[4].
The secularization and confiscation into the imperial treasury of the lands of Ukrainian Orthodox monasteries: "in 1786, during the secularization, the monastery was closed, and its property and lands passed to the state treasury"[5] – the fate of the Sviatohirsk monastery is typical of the entire 1786 campaign, which deprived the local church of its economic base.
References
- Екатерина II (ПСЗРИ, т. XXI, № 15228, 16 сентября 1781). (1781). Именный указ, данный Сенату, об учреждении Киевского наместничества.
- Российская империя (ПСЗРИ); Манифест Екатерины II №15108 от 8 апреля 1783 г. «О принятии полуострова Крымского, острова Тамана и всей Кубанской стороны под Российскую державу». (1830). Полное собрание законов Российской империи. Собрание первое. Том XXI (1781-1783).
- Редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. НАН України. Інститут історії України. (2007). Енциклопедія історії України: Т. 4.