Open AccessMandates of Little Russian nobles for the Legislative Commission of Catherine the Great (1767-1768)
Author(s) -
O. A. Frantsuzova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
izvestiâ mgtu "mami"
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2949-1428
pISSN - 2074-0530
DOI - 10.17816/2074-0530-66974
Subject(s) - nobility , gentry , ukrainian , legislature , commission , political science , empire , serfdom , law , economic history , ancient history , history , politics , philosophy , linguistics
Abolition of autonomies, gradual unification, centralization and Russification of the borderlands of the empire undertaken by Catherine the Great, faced with discontent of Little Russian gentry. Little Russian province nobility from Kiev, Chernigov, Mirgorod, Poltava, Pereyaslavl and Glukhov sought to preserve liberties obtained from Polish kings and Ukrainian hetmans, and still be equal rights with the Russian nobility. Socio-economic requirements set out in the mandates for the Legislative Commission in 1767-1768 included attachment of peasants to land, tax cuts, abolition of tax arrears. Little Russian nobles’ mandates contained a number of social demands and requests in the field of education.