Regiment (administrative unit)

Administrative territorial entity

Regiment or the regimental system (Ukrainian: полк, romanized: polk, Ukrainian: полковий устрій, romanized: polkovyi ustrii) is a historical administrative, territorial, military and judicial unit of the country's subdivision of 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

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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

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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.

Map of the regiments in the Left–Bank Ukraine in 1781 Regiment  | Ukrainian  | Coat of arms  | Years of formation

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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
Pereyaslav Regiment | Переяславський  |  | 1625–1782
Kyiv Regiment | Київський  |  | 1625–1782
Myrhorod Regiment | Миргородський  |  | 1625–1782
Ovruch Regiment | Овруцький  |  | 1648–?
Irkliyiv Regiment | Іркліївський  |  | 1648–1648
Sosnytsia Regiment | Сосницький  |  | 1648–1648
Chornobyl Regiment | Чорнобильський  |  | 1648–1649
Borzna Regiment | Борзнянський  |  | 1648–1649
Zhyvotiv Regiment | Животівський  |  | 1648–1649
Ichnya Regiment | Ічнянський  |  | 1648–1649
Hadyach Regiment | Гадяцький  |  | 1648–1649
Zviahel Regiment | Звягельський  |  | 1648–1649
Ostropil Regiment | Остропільський  |  | 1648–1649
Podillya Regiment | Подільський  |  | 1648–1649
Lyubartiv 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 | Новгородський  |  | 1653–1654
Belarus Regiment | Білоруський  |  | 1654–1659
Pinsk–Turiv Regiment | Пінсько-Турівський  |  | 1654–1659
Starodub Regiment | Стародубський  |  | 1654–1782
Kremenchuk Regiment | Кременчуцький  |  | 1661–1666
Hlukhiv Regiment | Глухівський  |  | 1663–1665
Zinkiv Regiment | Зіньківський  |  | 1671–1782
Fastiv Regiment | Фастівський  |  | 1684–1712
Bohuslav Regiment | Богуславський  |  | 1685–1712

## See also

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* Cossack Hetmanate
* Sotnia
* Kurin

## Literature

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* Zhukovsky, A. Regimental system. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
* Panashenko, V. Regimental system. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.

## References

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1. ^ Magocsi 1996, p. 235.

## Sources

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* Magocsi, Paul Robert (1996). A History of Ukraine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 784\. ISBN 0-8020-0830-5.

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Cossack Regiments

Registered Cossacks|

* Bila Tserkva
* Cherkasy
* Chyhyryn
* Kaniv
* Korsun
* Pereiaslav

Hetmanate|

* Belarus
* Bila Tserkva
* Bohuslav
* Borzna
* Bratslav
* Cherkasy
* Chernihiv
* Chechelnyk
* Chyhyryn
* Chornobyl
* Fastiv
* Hadiach
* Hlukhiv
* Ichnia
* Irkliiv
* Kaniv
* Korsun
* Kremenchuk
* Kropyvna
* Kyiv
* Lubny
* Lysianka
* Mohyliv
* Myrhorod
* Nizhyn
* Novhorod
* Ovruch
* Pavoloch
* Pereiaslav
* Poltava
* Pryluky
* Sosnytsia
* Starodub
* Uman
* Vinnytsia
* Zhyvotiv
* Zinkiv
* Zviahel

Sloboda Ukraine|

* Balakliia
* Izium
* Kharkiv
* Okhtyrka
* Ostrohozk
* Sumy
* Zmiiv

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