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Published March 11, 2020 | Version v1
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Features of formation of the Ukrainian clientele of Prince Alexander Menshikov in 1709–1727

  • 1. Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve (9 Lavrska Street, Kyiv, 01015, Ukraine).

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The article continues the author’s previous research on the formation of the patron-client system of Prince Alexander Menshikov in the Hetman State. Mostly this study concerns the Cossack environment, but episodes from the environment of the Old Believers and the townspeople of the Starodubshchina are given as additional examples. An analysis was made of the main mechanisms of patron-client relations between the designated parties against the background of the flow of the Pochep Case of alternating the borders of the Prince’s estates in the Starodub and Nyzhin regiments.
Separate, especially characteristic cases of the functioning of such relations, biographical information regarding some of Menshikov’s clients are given. The study is based on the use of archival sources.
The formation of the client politics of Menshikov among the Cossacks of the Hetman State began in 1709, if not earlier – in connection with the events surrounding the transition of the Hetman Ivan Mazepa to the side of the Swedish king Carl XII and the Battle of Poltava. Subsequently, this process continued until 1727, when Menshikov was stripped of all titles and titles and sent into exile by Tsar Peter II. The main stage in the formation of the client system of Prince Menshikov in Ukraine was his revision trip of 1720, when he visited his estates in the Hetman State.
The mentioned system of social hierarchy was generally typical of the time and context of the events studied. It is a continuation of the ancient Roman form of clientelism, adapted to the realities of early modern Europe. The study of such processes associated with the activities of Russian statesmen-landowners in the Hetman region can shed light on many of the nuances of the gradual entry of the Hetman region into the Russian Empire.
 

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