The Logic of Imperial Rule
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2019
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Shcherbak, Vitalii
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Abstract
The process of the liquidation of the Hetmanate lasted for decades because of its
scale and the constant need of Russia in the Cossack Army. Empress Elizabeth’s
regime continued the centralizing policies introduced by Tsar Peter I. In anticipation
of the possible consequences of this centralization, in the early 1860s Hetman Kyrylo
Rozumovskyi tried to strengthen local governance by reforming his administrative
system and judiciary, outlining the justification of his measures in an appeal to Empress
Catherine II, entitled "Petition of the Little Russian Nobility and Officers, Together with
the Hetman Concerning the Restoration of Various Old Rights of Little Russia." At the
same time, Catherine II’s State Secretary, Grigorii Teplov expressed opposite views to
the positions expounded in the "Petition", in his so-called "Notes on Violations in Little
Russia". The main theses of Teplov’s memorandum were used by the Empress in secret
guidelines issued to Petr Rumiantsev in his position as the President of the Second
Little Russian Collegium. The reasoning of the above-mentioned documents formed
the basis for Rumiantsev for the liquidation of the Ukrainian state.
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Hetmanate, Kyrylo Rozumovskyi, Russian Empire, Second Little Russian Collegium, Petr Rumiantsev, article
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Shcherbak V. The Logic of Imperial Rule [electronic resource] / Vitalii Shcherbak // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2019. - Issue 6. - P. 127-136. - https://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj189048.2019-6.127-136