the starshyna proposed and supported yakym somko who was planning to reduce muscovite influence in left-bank ukraine, and restore ukraine on both sides on the dnipro, and zolotarenko chose to support his opponent somko as well. but the common cossacks proposed briukhovetsky, who promised to lower taxes. the tsar also supported briukhovetsky's candidacy hoping to use him to increase muscovite influence in the left-bank.