the majority opted to elect briukhovetsky who admired his proposed policies and elected him the new hetman. as disputes grew over the elections, the situation worsened for somko and zolotarenko and both sought protection from the russian officials who were present as spectators. but the officers arrested them both and handed them over to the newly elected hetman. briukhovetsky had them imprisoned, and executed in borzna on september 28, 1663.