Regiment (administrative unit)
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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
| 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 | .svg)
|
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
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Zhukovsky, A. Regimental system. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
- Panashenko, V. Regimental system. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
References
[edit]- ^ Magocsi 1996, p. 235.
Sources
[edit]- Magocsi, Paul Robert (1996). A History of Ukraine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 784. ISBN 0-8020-0830-5.
