Луганські землі у складі Кальміуської паланки Запорізької Січі у XVIII ст.

Abstract

Purpose. On the basis of analysis of sources and scientific works of Ukrainian historians, consider the historical development of the lands of the modern Luhansk region, which in the XVIII-th century were part of the Kalmius Palanka of Zaporizka Sich. Methods. Historical-comparative, historical-systemic, historical-typological. The results. Shown the process of formation and socio-economic development of the cossack settlements of the Luhansk Region, which were part of the Kalmius Palanka in the XVIII-th century. Separately considered the forcible incorporation of these territories into the Russian Empire at the end of the XVIII-th century, and highlighted the contradiction between the Russian imperial power and the Ukrainian population of Luhansk region. Conclusions. During the XVIII-th century the south of the modern Luhansk region was the territory of the dynamic development of Cossack settlements that were part of the possessions of Zaporizka Sich. Here was actively developed agrarian commodity production This process was interrupted due to the capture of these lands by the Russian Empire, which, having declared them part of the „Wild Field”, initiated their transfer to Russian landlords and foreign settlers. The importance of the Ukrainian population was neutralized by a complex of socio-economic and political measures of St. Petersburg, which began to be implemented at the end of the XVII-th century.