Moscow Patriarchate
Religious institutions loyal to the empire, used for ideological legitimization.
Techniques Used
| ID | Name | Use | |
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| T0101 | Censorship |
The introduction of censorship control over Ukrainian book printing. Patriarch Joachim prohibited publications without his sanction and sent a "reprimand for publishing books without prior permission." "The anathema of the Russian Orthodox Church on church books printed in the Ukrainian literary language of the time"[1]. [2][3]. |
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| T0010 | Denial of a Distinct Identity |
Within the framework of the new Muscovite state ideology, a deliberate erasure of a separate Ukrainian identity began. The author constructs a false myth of unity: he "tailors history to the scenario he needs in order to substantiate that Kyiv is directly related to Moscow"[4]. |
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| T0044 | Destruction of Local Knowledge Systems |
The destruction of the Kyiv theological school and the declaration of its works as heresy: "All Ukrainian writings, beginning with the catechism of Petro Mohyla, were declared heretical... the council condemned virtually all the principal works of Kyivan theological scholarship"[3][2]. |
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| T0007 | Imposition of Its Own Picture of Reality |
The implantation of an artificial narrative of an unbreakable historical bond between Kyiv and Moscow, which was meant to replace real history and serve Muscovite political ends: the author "proves the Muscovite tsar's right to rule in Kyiv"[4]. |
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| T0024 | Justification Through Religion |
The seizure of a neighboring state's territories was presented to the population of the Tsardom of Muscovy not as an act of political or military expansion, but as a great sacred mission. The use of Orthodox rhetoric helped justify Muscovite ambitions with the noble aims of protecting brothers in faith: "The return of these lands to Russia was then understood by everyone as Reunification"[4]. |
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| T0116 | Religious Assimilation |
Immediately after the subordination began the imposition of Muscovite church standards and rites, which led to the marginalization of local culture. This ecclesiastical absorption "was the beginning... of the Russification of Ukraine"[5][6]. |
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| .001 | Forced Conversion to the Metropole's Religion |
Forcible transfer of the Uniate faithful of the Right Bank into subordination to the loyal Moscow Patriarchate for the spiritual assimilation of the population[7]. |
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| .003 | Ban on Worship in the Native Language |
Following the establishment of control over the metropolitanate came a gradual ban on the use of the Kyivan recension of Church Slavonic and of Ukrainian pronunciation in liturgy and books, which laid the foundation for the complete language bans of the 18th century[6]. |
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| .003 | Ban on Worship in the Native Language |
Displacement of the local population's language from the sacred sphere: "A ban on the use of the Ukrainian language in church services"[1]. |
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| T0004 | Rewriting of History |
To provide ideological justification for the seizure and dismemberment of the territories, the Muscovite authorities initiated the creation of a new historical canon designed to legitimize the occupation retroactively: "Synopsis, or a Brief Compilation from Various Chroniclers on the Origin of the Slavono-Russian People and the First Princes of the God-Saved City of Kyiv"[8]. |
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| T0100 | Seizure of Religious Institutions |
The liquidation of independent jurisdiction to turn the church into an instrument of assimilation: "The annexation of the Ukrainian church to the Muscovite church in 1686" [5]. Moreover, these actions "were carried out not at all in accordance with lawful canonical prescriptions"[6][3]. |
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Actors Using This Instrument
| ID | Name | References |
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| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy | |
| G0009 | Russian Empire |
Campaigns
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C0008 | Annexation of the Kyiv Metropolis by the Moscow Patriarchate (1685–1690) |
The liquidation of independent jurisdiction to turn the church into an instrument of assimilation: "The annexation of the Ukrainian church to the Muscovite church in 1686" [5]. Moreover, these actions "were carried out not at all in accordance with lawful canonical prescriptions"[6][3]. |
| C0059 | Liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church (1839) |
Forcible transfer of the Uniate faithful of the Right Bank into subordination to the loyal Moscow Patriarchate for the spiritual assimilation of the population[7]. |
| C0014 | Liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich (1709) |
Sermons and decrees framing the destruction of the Sich as a "God-pleasing" punishment for "treason against the Orthodox monarch"[3]. |
| C0012 | Mazepa's Defection to Sweden and the Baturyn Massacre (1708) |
Use of a controlled church to legitimize the reprisal through an unlawful anathema. "The anathema of the 'Russian Orthodox Church'... The Ecumenical Patriarchate considers the Russian anathema against Mazepa non-canonical"[5][10][3]. |
| C0001 | Pereiaslav Council (1654) |
The seizure of a neighboring state's territories was presented to the population of the Tsardom of Muscovy not as an act of political or military expansion, but as a great sacred mission. The use of Orthodox rhetoric helped justify Muscovite ambitions with the noble aims of protecting brothers in faith: "The return of these lands to Russia was then understood by everyone as Reunification"[4]. |
| C0006 | Publication of the "Synopsis" (1674) |
To provide ideological justification for the seizure and dismemberment of the territories, the Muscovite authorities initiated the creation of a new historical canon designed to legitimize the occupation retroactively: "Synopsis, or a Brief Compilation from Various Chroniclers on the Origin of the Slavono-Russian People and the First Princes of the God-Saved City of Kyiv"[8]. |
| C0044 | Russification of Education and Religion (1769–1786) |
Mass confiscation of national educational and religious literature: the "Decree of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the confiscation of Ukrainian primers and church books from the population"[1]. |
References
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- Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2007). Мазепа.
- Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2011). ИВАН МАЗЕПА И РОССИЙСКАЯ ИМПЕРИЯ ИСТОРИЯ «ПРЕДАТЕЛЬСТВА».
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- Википедия. (2026). Киевский синопсис — Википедия.
- Википедия. (2026). Переяславська рада — Вікіпедія.
- Википедия. (2026). Мазепа, Иван Степанович — Википедия.
- Вікіпедія. (2026). Батуринська трагедія — Вікіпедія.
- Вікіпедія. (2026). Запорозька Січ — Вікіпедія.
- Вікіпедія. (2026). Північна війна (1700—1721) — Вікіпедія.