Pereiaslav Regiment

Pereiaslav Regiment
Переяславський полк
Active1625–1782
CountryCossack Hetmanate
TypeCossack Regiment
Size19 sotnias, 2982 Cossacks[1]
Garrison/HQPereiaslav, Left-bank Ukraine
EngagementsKhmelnytsky Uprising
The Ruin
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Pavlo Teteria
Yakym Somko

Pereiaslav Regiment (Ukrainian: Переяславський полк) was an administrative division of the Cossack Hetmanate which existed between 1625 and 1782.

History

The regiment was created on the base of a starostvo according to the 1625 Treaty of Kurukove, becoming the first Cossack regiment in Left-bank Ukraine.[2][3] Its formation was confirmed by the 1649 Treaty of Zboriv.[4] In 1654 the regiment, commanded by Pavlo Teteria, was present at the solemn confirmation ceremony of the Treaty of Pereiaslav, pledging an oath of allegiance to tsar Alexis of Russia.[5] In 1660 the regiment supported acting hetman Yakym Somko, who proclaimed his allegiance to the tsar in Pereiaslav.[6] In 1666 the regiment's colonel Danylo Yermolenko was killed during a revolt against hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky.[7] Starting from 1706 the regiment was employed in the construction of Kyiv Fortress by the government of tsar Peter I, which caused protest against its Cossacks.[8] During the 18th century Pereiaslav Regiment served as one of 10 administrative units of the Hetmanate.[9] Following its liquidation, in 1782 the regiment's territory became part of Kiev Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire.[10]

Administrative subdivisions

According to the 1649 registry, the regiment consisted of the geographical subdivisions:[11]

References

  1. ^ Реєстр Війська Запорозького 1649 року. Naukova Dumka. 1995. p. 502.
  2. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 257. ISBN 9667679829.
  3. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 280. ISBN 9667679829.
  4. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 358. ISBN 9667679829.
  5. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 353. ISBN 9667679829.
  6. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 378. ISBN 9667679829.
  7. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 387. ISBN 9667679829.
  8. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. pp. 409–410. ISBN 9667679829.
  9. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 500. ISBN 9667679829.
  10. ^ Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 6. 1996. p. 2016.
  11. ^ Реєстр Війська Запорозького 1649 року. Naukova Dumka. 1995. pp. 315–345.