avar - 115 free to them according to their wishes from the meta'na to the transition of the pmft in howl to the exact in the non-premium basis of the rights of the Little Russians in the books" of the Statute of those depicted; but on the contrary, no one of the Little Russian Commonwealth people, without written leave from each other, is by no means the owner. not to accept, and equally, according to their wishes, in the dachas of those possessed by the TFMI rights of written leave, not to be held under a fine in those rights prescribed: and if anyone from whom from: let lust, you are declared in the nearby courts to act, as exactly the Rozdfl 12, article 24 in the 2nd paragraph is shown...” 115) (5 The issuance of this decree will coincide with the third revision; since the last one went very slowly and not successfully, it is very likely that the decree of December 10 was brought about precisely as a means to facilitate the revision. But for Little Russia, it was the first legal basis for the already established custom, the local law of fasting.
In the decree of December 10, the powers gained the opportunity to legally block the free transition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and, as can be seen from archival papers, ***) began to use this decree, primarily in view of legislating their burden on their subjects.
But the sovereign claims, based on this decree, only strengthened, as we will see below, the transition of the peasants; according to this - decree of December 10" do not reach your administrative central bank. - As it is, soon for 115) P.S. St. 3. 1. XU Le 41981.
116) Statistical Tables of Rossshekoy Imp. Vy. 9, p. 154.
117) Arch. Mlre. Col., “Sweatshop Cases about the Exhausts of the Owner's People, 1765-1182. Lit., I, v6m, Rozumovsky had to resign from his hetmanship (in November 1764) and the administration of Little Russia was entrusted to the famous Rumyavtsov. Thus, Rumyantsov was found in Little Russia carried out an audit, the unsatisfactoriness of which was obvious to him from the numerous “denunciations” that the powers began to submit to the Little Russian Collegium, “who had exhausted their subjects.” Being an outstanding administrator of his time, Rumyantsov could not help but pay attention to the conspicuous disorder of the people's economic life, which paralyzed all administrative orders of the government.
Arriving in Little Russia in the spring of 1765, Rumyantsov spent his time on a personal inspection of the region ***) and of course the then social state of Little Russia must have left the most unsettling impression on him. What he saw on the first plane was the incongruity of the tefenagoslyan and the constant exchange of two classes that enjoyed completely different rights:
Rumyaptsov saw that the previous administration paid almost no attention to the transition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Cossack class and vice versa; between the two classes, the duties of both classes in relation to the state were completely different; therefore. Administrative orders of the government, concerning Malorosesh, necessarily had to flow back and forth, which could not be warned, "1 having destroyed the old order.
The first medium for bringing the economic situation of the region to light was presented to Ruchlitsov 118) Zapieki Yak; Markovich, I, 597, - I am a detailed revision, based on the foundations he himself conceived, of course, during his journey through the Malnutrition. **°) Having returned to Hlukhiv on July 30, 'RumvnTsov in early September **°) suggested a colleague: to make a “general inventory” of Little Russia. Irachiv, who prompted Rumyantsov to begin such an inventory, and its purpose are also visible from his instructions given to the officials appointed for the inventory. ***) Rumyayutsov hotfl ‘to differentiate the Cossack class from the peasant class, and ‘to determine the MH property status on the basis of legal data and thus lay the foundation for the greater correct development of the people’s forces.
How burdensome was this important revision for the people, *?”) but the results of its 119) Observations made by Rumyantsov during his stay in Little Russia are set out in his “Note on the shortcomings and disorders seen in Malaya Rosey, which were corrected! and which Little Russia! colleagues should interpret.‘ Maloroseya, Vv 1767, V. Avefenka, (K1ev. 186%. 16°) pp. 157 - 159.
120) Notes from Yak. Markovicha, 1, 597 - 598.
122) About this audit, Konisek says: “The Lord Rumyantsev in 1767 ordered a general inventory to be made for the whole people and his name, which, both in its kind and in the manner in which it was produced, was extraordinary news.