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

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

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.

Map of the regiments in the Left–Bank Ukraine in 1781

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		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

• Cossack Hetmanate
• Sotnia
• Kurin

Literature

• Zhukovsky, A. Regimental system. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
• Panashenko, V. Regimental system. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.