Regiment (administrative unit)

Regiment (Ukrainian: полк, romanized: polk) is a historical administrative, territorial, military and judicial unit of subdivision in the Cossack Hetmanate and the Sloboda Ukraine in the 17th–18th centuries.[1]

System was expanded out of already existing system of the Registered Cossacks over Kyiv, Bratslav and Chernihiv Voivodeships in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Regiments were headed by the Cossack Colonel (Ukrainian: полковник, romanized: polkovnyk) who was a member of the Cossack Council of the Officers (Ukrainian: рада старшин, romanized: rada starshyn).

Overview

Regiment was the first level of the administrative and military division of the Cossack Hetmanate.

Subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate

First Regiment Ukrainian: полк, romanized: polk, pl. Ukrainian: полки, romanized: polky
Second Sotnia Ukrainian: сотня, romanized: sotnia, pl. Ukrainian: сотні, romanized: sotni
Third Kurin Ukrainian: курінь, romanized: kurin, pl. Ukrainian: курені, romanized: kureni

List of the regiments

In 1649, when the Cossack Hetmanate was established by the Treaty of Zboriv and controlled both the right and left banks, it included 16 regiments. After the loss of the Right–Bank Ukraine, a number was reduced to 10 regiments.

Regiment Ukrainian Coat of arms Years of formation
Chyhyryn Regiment Чигиринський 1625–1678
Cherkasy Regiment Черкаський 1625–1686
Korsun Regiment Корсунський 1625–1712
Bila Tserkva Regiment Білоцерківський 1625–1712
Kaniv Regiment Канівський 1625–1712
Pereiaslav Regiment Переяславський 1625–1782
Kyiv Regiment Київський 1625–1782
Myrhorod Regiment Миргородський 1625–1782
Ovruch Regiment Овруцький 1648–1660s[2]
Irkliiv Regiment Іркліївський 1648–1648
Sosnytsia Regiment Сосницький 1648–1648
Chornobyl Regiment Чорнобильський 1648–1649
Borzna Regiment Борзнянський 1648–1649
Zhyvotiv Regiment Животівський 1648–1649
Ichnia Regiment Ічнянський 1648–1649
Hadiach Regiment Гадяцький 1648–1649
1671-1782
Zviahel Regiment Звягельський 1648–1649
Ostropil Regiment Остропільський 1648–1649
Podillia Regiment Подільський 1648–1649
Liubartiv Regiment Любартівський 1648–1649
Lysianka Regiment Лисянський 1648–1657
Bratslav Regiment Брацлавський 1648–1667
Vinnytsia Regiment Вінницький 1648–1667
Uman Regiment Уманський 1648–1675
Pavoloch Regiment Паволоцький 1648–1675
Poltava Regiment Полтавський 1648–1675
Lubny Regiment Лубенський 1648–1781
Nizhyn Regiment Ніжинський 1648–1782
Pryluky Regiment Прилуцький 1648–1782
Chernihiv Regiment Чернігівський 1648–1782
Kropyvna Regiment Кропивнянський 1649–1658
Chechelnyk Regiment Чечельницький 1650–1673
Novhorod Regiment Новгород-Сіверський 1653–1654, 1669[3]
Pinsk–Turiv Regiment Пінсько-Турівський 1654–1659
Belarus Regiment Білоруський 1655–1659[4]
Kremenchuk Regiment Кременчуцький 1661–1666
Zinkiv Regiment Зіньківський 1661–1671
Hlukhiv Regiment Глухівський 1663–1665
Starodub Regiment Стародубський 1663–1782
Fastiv Regiment Фастівський 1684–1712
Bohuslav Regiment Богуславський 1685–1712

See also

Literature

References

  1. ^ Magocsi 1996, p. 235.
  2. ^ Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 5. 1996. pp. 1809–1822.
  3. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 388. ISBN 9667679829.
  4. ^ Natalya Yakowenko (2006). An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine. Krytyka. p. 358. ISBN 9667679829.

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