Kropyvna Regiment
| Kropyvna Regiment Кропивнянський полк | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms | |
| Active | 1649 - 1658 |
| Country | Cossack Hetmanate |
| Type | Cossack Regiment |
| Size | 14 sotnias 2010 cossacks |
| Garrison/HQ | Kropyvna, Ukraine |
| Engagements | Khmelnytsky Uprising |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Filon Dzhelaliy |
The Kropyvna Regiment (Ukrainian: Кропивнянський полк, romanized: Kropyvniantskyi polk) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Kropyvna, now a village in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine.
In 1648, during Khmelnytsky Uprising, Irkliiv Regiment was raised, with colonel Mykhailo Teliuchenko commanding it.[1] On 16 October 1649 Irkliiv and neighboring part of Lubny Regiment were merged to form Kropyvna Regiment.[2][3] The only regimental colonel was Filon Dzhelaliy.
Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky disbanded the regiment in 1658 after death of colonel Filon Dzhelaliy. The regiments sotnias were all transferred to recreated Irkliiv Regiment and Lubny Regiment.[1]
Structure
[edit]The regiment comprised 14 sotnias with 2010 cossacks:
Zaruba and Kryvoshyia give the regiment 1992 cossacks in 1649.[4] Giving 3 Irkliiv companies 631 cossacks, the register lists them having 640. Also 2 Pyriatyn companies had 307, as opposed to registers 306. Other discrepancies are shown in ( ).
In 1650 register sent by Bohdan Khmelnytsky to Alexis of Russia, strength of regiment is given at 2053.[5]
| Sotnia | Number of Cossacks | Sotnyk |
|---|---|---|
| Kropyvna | 207 (284) | Nestor Morozenko |
| Denhy | 88 | Demko Ihnatenko[6] |
| Irkliiv 1st | 323 | Klym Semenovych[Note] |
| Irkliiv 2nd | 185 | Kuzma Verhun |
| Irkliiv 3rd | 132 | Ivan Voropai |
| Orzhytsia | 97 | Matiusha (Matiash) |
| Yabluniv | 137 | Matvii Fedorovych |
| Pyriatyn 1st | 187 | Nychypir Lelet |
| Pyriatyn 2nd | 119 | Ivan Mykolaienko |
| Chornukhy 1st | 134 | Matvii Dovhal |
| Chornukhy 2nd | 102 | Ivan Kokhan |
| Horodyshche | 99 | Martyn Romanenko |
| Zhuravka | 120 | Fedir Bulba |
| Kurinka | 80 (81) | Tymish |
Notes
Commanders
[edit]- Filon Dzhelaliy 1648-1658
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Maksimovich, Mikhail (1886). Собрание сочинений [Collected Works] (in Russian). Kyiv. pp. 712–714.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Gajecky, George (1978). The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate. Vol. II. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. pp. 633–634. ISBN 0-916458-02-4.
- ^ Адміністративно-територіальний поділ Полтавщини (1648–2012 рр.) [Administrative-territorial division of Poltava Oblast (1648–2012)] (in Ukrainian). Poltava: ТОВ «АСМІ». 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-966-182-203-9.
- ^ Krjvosheja, Volodymyr (2008). Козацька еліта Гетьманщини [Cossack elite of the Hetmanate] (in Ukrainian). Kyiv. p. 101. ISBN 978-966-02-4850-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Levytsky, Orest (1878). Літопис Самовидця [Chronicle of Samovidets] (in Russian). Kyiv. p. 228.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Krjvosheja, Volodymyr (2010). "Козацька старшина Кропивнянського полку доби Національної революції середини ХVІІ ст" [Cossack officers of Kropyvna regiment of the era of the National Revolution during middle of the 17th century]. Collection of Scientific Papers «Gileya: Scientific Herald» (in Ukrainian) (38): 8. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ Gajecky, George (1978). The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate. Vol. I. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. p. 338. ISBN 0-916458-02-4.
Sources
[edit]- Заруба, Віктор (2007), Адміністративно-територіальний устрій та адміністрація Війська Запорозького у 1648-1782 рр. [Administrative-territorial structure and administration of the Zaporizhzhya Army in 1648-1782.] (in Ukrainian), Dnipro: Lira, ISBN 978-966-383-095-7
- Bodyansky, Osip (1974), РЕЕСТРА ВСЕГО ВОЙСКА ЗАПОРОЖСКАГО ПОСЛѢ ЗБОРОВСКАГО ДОГОВОРА [Register of all Zaporozhian Host after Treaty of Zboriv] (in Russian), Moscow: Imperial Moscow University
- Hrushevsky, Mykhailo (2015), Том 10. Книга 1: Історичні студії та розвідки (1924— 1930) [Volume 10. Book 1: Historical studies and investigations (1924—1930)] (in Ukrainian), Lviv: Svit, ISBN 978-966-603-223-5
