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Abolition Of The Cossack System In Sloboda Ukraine
The abolition of the Cossack system in Sloboda Ukraine was an administrative and military reform of the government of the Russian Empire, carried out in 1763-1765 and aimed at eliminating the autonomy of the Sloboda Cossack regiments. As a result of the reform, Russian state institutions began to operate on the territory of Sloboda Ukraine, and the Cossack regiments were reformed into Hussar regiments. The Kharkov Governorate with its center in Kharkiv was formed on the territory of the Sloboda regiments. Prerequisites From the time of Peter the Great, Peter I, the Moscovite government began to interfere more and more in the internal life of the Sloboda regiments and limit their autonomy. In 1700, Peter I deprived the regiments of the right to elect their own colonels, ruling that they were elected until death. By the same order, Peter I significantly reduced the number of elected Cossacks to about 3,500, including 1,200 in the Sumy Regiment, 820 in the Okhtyrka Regiment, 850 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloboda Ukraine 1764
A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russia, Russian regions Volga region, Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "liberty, freedom" and may be loosely translated as "(tax-)free settlement"."Sloboda" ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (1890–1906) In modern Russia, the term is used to denote a Classification of inhabited localities in Russia#Rural localities, type of a rural locality in Kursk Oblast, Kursk, Lipetsk Oblast, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol Oblast, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan Oblast, Ryazan, Tula Oblast, Tula, and Voronezh Oblasts. History Often a ''sloboda'' was a colonization-type settlement in sparsely populated lands, particularly by Cossacks ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Of Ranks
The Table of Ranks (russian: Табель о рангах, Tabel' o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. Peter the Great introduced the system in 1722 while engaged in a struggle with the existing hereditary nobility, or boyars. The Table of Ranks was formally abolished on 11 November 1917 by the newly established Bolshevik government. During the Vladimir Putin presidency a similar formalized structure has been reintroduced into many governmental departments, combined with formal uniforms and insignia: Local Government, Diplomatic Service, Prosecution Service, Investigative Committee. Principles The Table of Ranks re-organized the foundations of feudal Russian nobility ('' mestnichestvo'') by recognizing service in the military, in the civil service, and at the imperial court as the basis of an aristocrat's standing in society. The table divided ranks in 14 grades, with all nobles regardless of birth or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1763 In Ukraine
Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married George III of the United Kingdom in 1761. * February 10 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war, and France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain. * February 15 – The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria, and their allies France and Russia. * February 23 – The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice. * March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government. April–June * April 6 – The Théâtre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sack Of Baturyn
The Sack of Baturyn, or the Baturyn massacre, was a massacre during the Great Northern War (1700-1721), during which Russian troops under the command of Alexander Danilovich Menshikov captured and destroyed Baturyn on November 2, 1708. The fortress of Baturyn was the capital of Hetman Mazepa at the time; according to various estimates, between 9,000 to 15,000 civilians and defenders of Baturyn were killed. On the eve of events During the war's progress, Hetman Mazepa ceased to consider himself loyal to Tsar Peter I and on November 7 (October 28) 1708, when Charles XII , who was on his way to Moscow and forced to divert his forces toward Central Ukraine, Mazepa joined the Swedish advance. He was followed by about 3000 Cossacks and leading members of the Zaporozhian Army. Upon learning of Mazepa's desertion to the Swedish side, Peter I ordered General Alexander Menshikov to destroy the Hetmanate's capital. 1. Tairova-Yakovleva TG Mazepa. - Moscow: Young Guard, 2007, p. 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liquidation Of The Zaporozhian Sich
The liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich in 1775 was the forcible destruction by Russian troops of the Cossack formation, the Nova (Pidpilnenska) Sich, and the final liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich as a semi-autonomous Cossack polity. As a result, the Zaporozhian Lowland Army ceased to exist. Prerequisites for liquidation March Articles of 1654. After the palace coup of 1762, Catherine II, the wife of Emperor Peter III, ascended the imperial throne and immediately made every effort to strengthen the power of the autocracy in the vast empire. An important aspect of the Empress's policy was the so-called "Russification of the Polishized suburbs" . Such plans of Catherine II did not provide for the existence of the Cossack state of the Cossack Hetmanate, or the Cossack liberties, or the Zaporozhian Sich. The term '' sich'' is a noun related to the Eastern Slavic verb ''sich ( сѣчь), meaning "to chop" or "cut"; it may have been associated with the usual wood sharp-spiked sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liquidation Of The Autonomy Of The Cossack Hetmanate
The liquidation of the autonomy of the Cossack Hetmanate was an administrative reform of the government of the Russian Empire, carried out in 1764-1765 and aimed at eliminating the autonomy of the Cossack Hetmanate. During the 18th century, the Hetmanate gradually lost its political and economic autonomy. In 1764, by order of Empress Catherine II, the hetman's institute was abolished, and a year later the hetmanate was reformed into the Little Russia Governorate. Prerequisites * 1715 — elimination of election of positions * 1722 — Collegium of Little Russia (first) * 1723 — Polubotko's arrest * 1728 — Decisive points (Apostol) * 1734 — Governing Council of the Hetman Office (Shakhovskyi) * 1750 — restoration of the hetman's institute ( Razumovskyi) * 1754 — liquidation of the Ukrainian-Russian customs border * 1764 — liquidation of the hetmanate, the second Collegium of Little Russia From 1734 to 1750 the Governing Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.6 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, and the most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Kazan became the capital of the Khanate of Kazan and was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, becoming a part of Russia. The city was seized and largely destroyed during Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775, but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a major industrial, cultural and religious centre of Russia. In 1920, after the Russian SFSR became a part of the Soviet Union, Kazan became the capital of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izium
Izium or Izyum ( uk, Ізюм, ; russian: Изюм) is a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Izium Raion (district). Izium hosts the administration of Izium urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is about southeast of the oblast capital, Kharkiv. Izium had a population of History In 1681, a Cossack fortress was built within a small settlement, which marks the foundation date of Izium.Изюм // Украинская Советская Энциклопедия. том 4. Киев, «Украинская Советская энциклопедия», 1980. стр.231 It grew to be an important defense against Tatar invasions of the region. In 1684 the five-domed Baroque cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration was built. The cathedral was renovated in 1902 and restored in 1955. In 1765, Izium became a city, and in 1780 became an administrative center of Izyumsky Uyezd, one of the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okhtyrka
Okhtyrka ( uk, Охти́рка, ) is a city located in the Sumy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance. The city has also served as the administrative center of the smaller Okhtyrka Raion since 1975, although it does not belong to the raion itself. Okhtyrka was once home to Hussars and Cossacks. It was also once a regional seat of the Sloboda Ukraine imperial region and of the Ukrainian SSR. Since the discovery of oil and gas in 1961, Okhtyrka has become the "oil capital of Ukraine." It is home to Okhtyrka air base and historical and religious places of interest. The villages of Velyke Ozero (274 inhabitants), Zaluzhany (28 inhabitants), Prystan (7 inhabitants), and Koziatyn (6 inhabitants) belong to the Okhtyrka city administration which is designated into a separate subdivision of the Sumy Oblast. Population * 1867: 17,411 * 1900: 25,965 * 2001: 50,400 * 2021: 47,216 Name According to the most probable etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloviansk
Sloviansk ( uk, Слов'янськ, Sloviansk ; russian: Славянск, Slavyansk or ; prior to 1784 – Tor) is a city in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Slovyansk urban community. The city lies in the north of the region, in the valley of the Kazennyi Torets river. As of July 2022, the population of the city was around 24,000. Sloviansk was one of the focal points in the early stages of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine as it was the first city to be seized by Russia-backed military troops. It was retaken by Ukrainian forces in July 2014. Sloviansk has a population of . History The history of Sloviansk dates back to 1645 when Russian Tsar Alexei Romanov founded a border fortress named Tor against the Crimean attacks and slave raids on the southern suburbs of modern Ukraine and Russia. In 1664, a first salt plant for the extraction of salt was built, and workers settled in the area. In 1676, a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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