Collegium Of Little Russia (1764–86)
Collegium of Little Russia was a Russian colonial administration in Ukraine that existed in 1722–1727 and 1764–1786. * Collegium of Little Russia (1722–1727) headed by Stepan Veliaminov * Collegium of Little Russia (1764–1786) headed by Pyotr Rumiantsev See also *Little Russian Office The Little Russia Office () was a Muscovite state agency (Prikaz) and administrative body of the Tsardom of Muscovy in charge of affairs connected with the Cossack Hetmanate and the Left-bank Ukraine. Created on , the office existed until 1722 wh ...

Collegium Of Little Russia (1722–1727)
Collegium of Little Russia () was an administrative body of the Russian Empire in the Cossack Hetmanate, Hetmanate created for the first time by the ukase of Peter the Great on May 27, 1722, in place of the Little Russia Prikase. It was created during the life of Hetman Skoropadsky as a higher appellate institution and administrative controlling body of the Russian state system in the Hetmanate. Upon the death of Ivan Skoropadsky on July 14, 1722, the Collegium overtook the Hetman's prerogatives which was confirmed by the Imperial ukases of April 27 and July 3, 1723. It was composed of the president (brigadier), six members of the presence, prosecutor, and number of chancellors (until 1724 – 31, after - 62). All members of collegium were appointed by the Emperor of Russia or the Governing Senate out of Russian military officers or civil servants. Unlike the Little Russia Prikase, it was located in Hlukhiv instead of Moscow. In civil affairs, the Collegium was responsible to th ...
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Stepan Veliaminov
Stepan Lukich Velyaminov (; 1670–1737) was a Russian military and state figure, Major General, President of Collegium of Little Russia (1722–1727), privy councilor, senator. He participated in the Great Northern War and for sometime performed duties of military commandant of Poltava city. In 1720–1722 he was a voivode of the Belgorod Province and commander of all Sloboda Ukraine cossack regiments. On instructions of the War Collegium, Velyaminov participated in fortification of the southern borders of Cossack Hetmanate. On 19 April 1722 as a brigadier he was appointed the president of the new Collegium of Little Russia (confirmed by the manifest of Emperor Peter the Great on 16 May 1722). As the president of the Little Russian Collegium, Velyaminov made great efforts to implement in life a policy of the Tsarist government aimed at substantial narrowing of the Cossack Hetmanate autonomy, use of material resources of the land for the needs of whole empire, bringing into compl ...
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Pyotr Rumiantsev
Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (; – ) was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century, and is widely considered to be one of Russia's greatest military leaders, and one of the greatest military commanders in military history. He is noted as one of the three best and most talented Russian military leaders of the time period, along with Alexander Suvorov and Grigory Potemkin. Rumyantsev used mobile divisional squares for the first time in history as opposed to linear battle orders and initiated the formation of light ( ''jaeger'') battalions in the Russian Army, which operated in a scattered order. He governed Little Russia in the name of Empress Catherine the Great from the abolition of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until Catherine's death 32 years later. Monuments to his victories include the Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo (1772), the Rumyantsev Obelisk on Vasilievsky Island (1798–1801), and a galaxy of Derzhavin's odes. Early life Pyo ...
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