Regiment (administrative unit)


Regiment or the regimental system is a historical administrative, territorial, military and judicial unit of subdivision in the Cossack Hetmanate and the Sloboda Ukraine in the 17th–18th centuries.
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 who was a member of the Cossack Council of the Officers.

Overview

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

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.
RegimentUkrainianCoat of armsYears of formation
Chyhyryn RegimentЧигиринський1625–1678
Cherkasy RegimentЧеркаський1625–1686
Korsun RegimentКорсунський1625–1712
Bila Tserkva RegimentБілоцерківський1625–1712
Kaniv RegimentКанівський1625–1712
Pereiaslav RegimentПереяславський1625–1782
Kyiv RegimentКиївський1625–1782
Myrhorod RegimentМиргородський1625–1782
Ovruch RegimentОвруцький1648–?
Irkliiv RegimentІркліївський1648–1648
Sosnytsia RegimentСосницький1648–1648
Chornobyl RegimentЧорнобильський1648–1649
Borzna RegimentБорзнянський1648–1649
Zhyvotiv RegimentЖивотівський1648–1649
Ichnia RegimentІчнянський1648–1649
Hadiach RegimentГадяцький1648–1649
1671-1782
Zviahel RegimentЗвягельський1648–1649
Ostropil RegimentОстропільський1648–1649
Podillia RegimentПодільський1648–1649
Liubartiv RegimentЛюбартівський1648–1649
Lysianka RegimentЛисянський1648–1657
Bratslav RegimentБрацлавський1648–1667
Vinnytsia RegimentВінницький1648–1667
Uman RegimentУманський1648–1675
Pavoloch RegimentПаволоцький1648–1675
Poltava RegimentПолтавський1648–1675
Lubny RegimentЛубенський1648–1781
Nizhyn RegimentНіжинський1648–1782
Pryluky RegimentПрилуцький1648–1782
Chernihiv RegimentЧернігівський1648–1782
Kropyvna RegimentКропивнянський1649–1658
Chechelnyk RegimentЧечельницький1650–1673
Novhorod RegimentНовгородський1653–1654
Belarus RegimentБілоруський1654–1659
Pinsk–Turiv RegimentПінсько-Турівський1654–1659
Starodub RegimentСтародубський1654–1782
Kremenchuk RegimentКременчуцький1661–1666
Zinkiv RegimentЗіньківський1661–1671
Hlukhiv RegimentГлухівський1663–1665
Fastiv RegimentФастівський1684–1712
Bohuslav RegimentБогуславський1685–1712

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