Bribery of Elites

in the campaign “The Konotop Articles of Ivan Samoilovych (1672)”

A wager on the estate interests of the officer class: "The Konotop Articles limited both the hetman's power and, accordingly, the autonomy of the Hetmanate, while significantly expanding the rights of the Cossack officers"[1] – by expanding the rights of the officer oligarchy at the hetman's expense, Moscow gained levers of influence over the autonomy through the hands of its own elite.

ID: C0025.T0015
Technique:  Bribery of Elites
Start: June 1672
End: December 1672
Contributors: decolonial.ist project

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