Starodub Regiment


Starodub Regiment was an administrative unit of the Cossack Hetmanate centered in Starodub and encompassing the northernmost part of Left-bank Ukraine. Its former territory currently belongs to Bryansk Oblast of Russia.

History

In 1669, under the influence of archbishop Lazar Baranovych, Cossack starshyna of Starodub Regiment supported the candidacy of Demian Mnohohrishny as "hetman of Siveria" along with their counterparts from Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi Regiments. During the Great Northern War the regiment's territory was devastated by troops of the Tsardom of Russia.
In the 18th century it was one of 10 Cossack regiments into which the Hetmanate was administratively divided. During the middle and latter part of the 18th century the regiment was engulfed by peasant revolts directed against enserfment of the local population.

Notable leaders