Page 83 - 4331

later by I. Baryatynsky and others. That
government conducted the policy of complete
subjugation of Ukraine.
1735 The tsar’s decree of the division of Cossacks
into registered (the rich ones), who were on
military service and so-called pidsusidky
(poor peasants living in somebody else’s
house), who had to provide for the army.
1735- The Russo-Turkish war, with Ukraine as a
1739 main base for the Russian army. Many
Cossacks got lost in that war, the Hetmanate
became very poor. As a consequence of a
peace treaty, Russia got only Zaporozhian
lands (later they were called Katerynoslav
region and a part of Kherson region) but not
outlet to the Black Sea.
1750– 1764 Kyrylo Rozumovsky’s hetman rule. During
the reign of Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter І,
the hetmanate was restored – in 1750 the
council in Gluhiv elected the tsarina’s
favourite’s brother (a husband according to
other data) 22-year-old Kyrylo Rozumovsky
hetman. He was married to Naryshkina, the
tsarina’s niece.
During his rule:
1) the affairs of Ukraine were handed from
the Senate back to the Board of foreign
affairs;
2) Kyiv and Zaporozhian Sich went under the
authority of hetman again;
3) judicial system was reformed. Previously,
there were Cossack courts in Ukraine:
General court, regimental, sotnya and village

81