Symbols of Hetman Election and Ukrainian-Russian Relations in the 60-90s of XVII centuries
Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The article deals with the process of obtaining the power insignias by the leaders of the Left Bank Hetmanate from the representatives of the tsarist government. Active foreign policy of the Russian state aimed at strengthening its own position in South Eastern Europe involved the use of military and political experience of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Ukrainian Hetmans activities to strengthen the autonomous rights of the Cossack state led to the persistent interference of the Romanov dynasty in the internal affairs of Hetmanate. This was reflected in the elective hetman councils and regalia awarding to the newly elected Cossack elder. For the first time this tendency was observed in the election of Ivan Briukhovetsky and received further development at times of Demian Mnohohrishny, Ivan Samoilovych and Ivan Mazepa. Restrictions of the Cossacks’ old rights to freely elect hetman and award him with the power insignias was established in clauses of Moscow Treaty in 1665, but there was no further implementation. However, after visiting the royal capital, the new symbols of Hetman election were received only by Briukhovetsky and Mazepa. All other Cossack elders of the specified time frame received the attributes of their power only from the hands of the official tsarist representatives at the Cossack councils. Neither Ivan Samoylovich, nor Demian Mnohohrishny attended the Russian emperor’s residence as a hetman currently in service. Briukhovetsky’s and Mnohohrishny’s opposition against imperial policy in Ukraine gave rise for Russian ruling circles to take total control over the issues of production and providing the leaders of the Cossack state with their symbols. Since the elective council of Samoilovych, hetmans of Left-Bank Ukraine received the regalia of their predecessors. Hetman power attributes production and renovation upon prior official request, took place in Moscow and was assigned to local craftsmen. In this way, Russian officials sought to further limit the age-old rights and liberties of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks and strengthen its dependence on the willingness of Moscow.
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Nadiya Babkova
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