The process of the liquidation of the Hetmanate lasted for decades because of its scale and the constant need of Russia in the Cossack Army. Empress Elizabeth’s regime continued the centralizing policies introduced by Tsar Peter I. In anticipation of the possible consequences of this centralization, in the early 1860s Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovskyi tried to strengthen local governance by reforming his administrative system and judiciary, outlining the justification of his measures in an appeal to Empress Catherine II, entitled “Petition of the Little Russian Nobility and Officers, Together with the Hetman Concerning the Restoration of Various Old Rights of Little Russia.” At the same time, Catherine II’s State Secretary, Grigorii Teplov expressed opposite views to the positions expounded in the “Petition,” in his so-called “Notes on Violations in Little Russia.” The main theses of Teplov’s memorandum were used by the Empress in secret guidelines issued to Petr Rumiantsev in his position as the President of the Second Little Russian Collegium. The reasoning of the above-mentioned documents formed the basis for Rumiantsev for the liquidation of the Ukrainian state.

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帝国统治的逻辑

由于其规模和俄罗斯对哥萨克陆军的持续需求，Hetmanate的清算过程持续了数十年。伊丽莎白女皇的政权继续实行沙皇彼得一世提出的中央集权政策。为预料到中央集权的可能后果，1860年代初期，赫特曼·凯里罗·罗祖莫夫斯基（Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovskyi）试图通过改革他的行政体制和司法制度来加强地方治理，概述了他的措施的合理性向凯瑟琳二世皇后提出的呼吁，题为“小俄罗斯贵族和军官的请愿，以及有关恢复小俄罗斯各种旧权利的治安官”。同时，凯瑟琳二世国务卿格里戈里·特普洛夫（Grigorii Teplov）对“请愿书，”，即所谓的“小俄罗斯的违规行为说明”。女皇使用特普洛夫备忘录的主要内容发行给彼得·鲁米扬采夫（Petr Rumiantsev）担任第二小俄罗斯委员会主席的秘密准则。上述文件的论据构成了鲁米扬采夫清理乌克兰国家的基础。