Administrative Dismantling and Enserfment of the Left Bank (1781–1786)
The implementation of Catherine II's secret instructions on the institutional and cultural assimilation of the region. The liquidation of the regimental system, the introduction of imperial viceroyalties, the confiscation of monastery lands, and the final enserfment of free Ukrainian peasants[1][2].
Actors
| ID | Name | Description |
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| G0009 | Russian Empire |
The final liquidation of the Hetmanate's autonomy, including the abolition of the Cossack regimental system and the partition of the Left Bank into three ordinary imperial viceroyalties (Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Novhorod-Siverskyi)[1]. |
Techniques Used
| ID | Name | Use | |
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| T0030 | Administrative-Territorial Division |
The final liquidation of the Hetmanate's autonomy, including the abolition of the Cossack regimental system and the partition of the Left Bank into three ordinary imperial viceroyalties (Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Novhorod-Siverskyi)[1]. |
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| T0052 | Expropriation of Resources |
Secularization and confiscation into the imperial treasury of the lands of Ukrainian Orthodox monasteries (1786), depriving the local church of its economic base[2]. |
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| T0032 | Legal Segregation of the Population |
The final legal enserfment of Ukrainian peasants (the decree of 1783), depriving them of the right to free movement and cementing their social marginalization[1]. |
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Instruments
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S0008 | Government |
The final liquidation of the Hetmanate's autonomy, including the abolition of the Cossack regimental system and the partition of the Left Bank into three ordinary imperial viceroyalties (Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Novhorod-Siverskyi)[1]. |
| S0024 | Police Apparatus |
The final legal enserfment of Ukrainian peasants (the decree of 1783), depriving them of the right to free movement and cementing their social marginalization[1]. |