Kropyvna Regiment


The Kropyvna Regiment 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. On 16 October 1649 Irkliiv and neighboring part of Lubny Regiment were merged to form Kropyvna Regiment. 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.

Structure

The regiment comprised 14 sotnias with 2010 cossacks:
Zaruba and Kryvoshyia give the regiment 1992 cossacks in 1649. 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.
SotniaNumber of CossacksSotnyk
Kropyvna207 Nestor Morozenko
Denhy88Demko Ihnatenko
Irkliiv 1st323Klym Semenovych
Irkliiv 2nd185Kuzma Verhun
Irkliiv 3rd132Ivan Voropai
Orzhytsia97Matiusha
Yabluniv137Matvii Fedorovych
Pyriatyn 1st187Nychypir Lelet
Pyriatyn 2nd119Ivan Mykolaienko
Chornukhy 1st134Matvii Dovhal
Chornukhy 2nd102Ivan Kokhan
Horodyshche99Martyn Romanenko
Zhuravka120Fedir Bulba
Kurinka80 Tymish

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Commanders

  • Filon Dzhelaliy 1648-1658