Governmental Regulation of Colonization of the Ukrainian Lands within the Rich Pospolyta (Rzeczpospolita) in 1569-1648
In the article the special features of realization of the Lublin Union (1569) are analyzed, as well as the peculiarity of governmental regulation of colonization in the joined Ukrainian lands within Rich Pospolyta. It was ascertained that the Polish royal government with its protective policy attempted to create favourable conditions for colonization of the wasted lands of the Naddniprianschyna (the Dnieper area). But the leading role in that process belonged to the Ukrainian nobility, Cossacks and peasants-fugitives.