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1729– 1731 D. Apostol performed "General
investigation of landed property", checking
the rights of owners for their landed property
as many land assets granted to starshynas in
temporary use for their service were turned
into the private and hereditary ones.
1728– 1743 During the period of D. Apostol’s hetman rule
the special code commission was formed in
1728. It was supposed to make up the code of
active laws in Ukraine. It finished its work in
15 years with the code named “The rights of
trial for people of Little Russia’. However, the
Senate did not approve that code as it was
based on the principles of preservation of
Ukrainian autonomy.
1733 D. Apostol achieved, that by tsar’s decree
Kyiv was subject to hetman, but not to the
general-governor as before. But after
Apostol’s death Kyiv was directly placed
under Russian authority again (1737).
1734 The return of Zaporozhian Cossacks from
Oleshiv Sich. With the tsar’s permission they
came back to their old places of residence
from under the Turkish rule. They were also
allowed to found Nova Sich over the
Pidpil’na river.
1734– 1750 The rule of hetman government. After
D. Apostol’s death Russia did not allow
elections of a new hetman and power was
resigned to the so-called Board of hetman
government, which included 6 people: 3
Ukrainians and 3 Russian officials. It was
headed by prince O. Shakhovsky till 1737,

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