Military Administration and Relations with the Local Population in Ingria and the Baltic States in the First Decade of the Northern War

Abstract

The paper deals with the question of how military control was established and how relations with the local population developed in the territory of Ingria and the Baltic states in the initial period of the Northern War. The situation in these two regions was different. The population of Ingria from the very beginning was perceived as «their own», and during the hostilities Peter I forbade the destruction of this territory. After the Russian troops entrenched themselves in this area, resettlement from other regions began there, in connection with this, they established it as a military one. So is civil administration. The population of the Baltics was initially considered an enemy, and the tsar encouraged the ruin of Livonia, however, as the territory of this region was occupied by Russian troops, the attitude towards its inhabitants also changed, which Peter I gradually began to perceive as his subjects. Military administration in Livonia was established in the same way as in Ingria.