Bratslav Regiment

Bratslav Regiment
Брацлавський полк
Coat of arms of Bratslav Regiment
Active1648–1712
CountryCossack Hetmanate
TypeCossack Regiment
Size22 sotnias, 2655 Cossacks (1649)[1]
Garrison/HQBratslav, Podolia
EngagementsKhmelnytsky Uprising
Polish–Cossack–Tatar War
Chyhyryn Campaigns
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Danylo Nechai
Bratslav Regiment
Брацлавський полк (Ukrainian)
Regiment of Cossack Hetmanate
1648–1712
Coat of arms

Bratslav Regiment (red) in the Cossack Hetmanate in 1660
CapitalBratslav
History 
1648
1712
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Bratslav Voivodeship
Bratslav Voivodeship
Today part ofUkraine

Bratslav Regiment (Ukrainian: Брацлавський полк) was an administrative division of the Cossack Hetmanate which existed between 1648 and 1712. It was located in southern Podolia. The regiment's administrative capital was Bratslav.[2]

History

Creation of the regiment was officially recognized by the Treaty of Zboriv in 1649.[3] In 1654 Cossacks of Bratslav Regiment refused to pledge allegiance to tsar Alexis of Russia following the Treaty of Pereyaslav.[4] During 1674-1675 most of the regiment's population fled due to fighting between the Polish troops of Jan Sobieski and Ottoman armies allied with Right-bank hetman Petro Doroshenko.[5]

In 1675 the regiment's Cossacks recognized Polish appointee Ostap Hohol as acting hetman.[6] In 1685 the Sejm confirmed the rights and privileges of local Cossacks, which led to the revival of Bratslav Regiment.[7] The regiment was liquidated following the Treaty of the Pruth, and its territory was reincorporated into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[8]

Administrative divisions

According to the 1649 Register of the Zaporozhian Host, the regiment consisted of following sotnias:[9]

  • Raihorod (including Horodnytsia, Bortnyky, Vyshkivtsi, Machokha, Yastrubyntsi)
  • Tulchyn (incl. Bilousivka, Zhuravlivka, Kryshchyntsi, Kobelivka)
  • Kleban
  • Krasne (incl. Ivanivtsi, Cheremushna, Rohizne, Sokolivka, Dzvonykha, Tyvriv, Klishchiv, Sokolyntsi, Yurkivtsi, Silnytsia, Turkivtsi, Bilousivka, Mykhailivka, Voroshylivka)
  • Brailiv
  • Vilshanka
  • Verbka
  • Hariachkivka (incl. Kusnochky)
  • Tymanivka (incl. Illiashivka, Markivka, Savyntsi, Kytaihorod, Kornyche)
  • Oleksandrivka (Zhabokrych, Kryklyvets)
  • Yalanets
  • Yampil
  • Sharhorod
  • Murafa (incl. Penkivka, Kopystyryn
  • Stanislavivka (incl. Sadkivtsi)
  • Miastkivka (incl. Popkivtsi, Shpykivka, Rakhny, Stina, Kachkivka)
  • Luchytsia
  • Bahlanivka (Berkivka, Tokarnivka, Borodavka)
  • Chechelnyk (incl. Katashyn)
  • Komarhorod
  • Chernivtsi

References

  1. ^ Реєстр Війська Запорозького 1649 року. Naukova Dumka. 1995. p. 501.
  2. ^ Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 1. 1993. pp. 174–181.
  3. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 358. ISBN 9667679829.
  4. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 354. ISBN 9667679829.
  5. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 393. ISBN 9667679829.
  6. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 394. ISBN 9667679829.
  7. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. pp. 424–425. ISBN 9667679829.
  8. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 428. ISBN 9667679829.
  9. ^ Реєстр Війська Запорозького 1649 року. Naukova Dumka. 1995. pp. 235–263.