The Lubny Regiment ( uk, Лубенський полк, translit=Lubens’kyi polk, russian: Лубенский полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the

Cossack Hetmanate The Cossack Hetmanate ( uk, Гетьманщина, Hetmanshchyna; or ''Cossack state''), officially the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia ( uk, Військо Запорозьке, Viisko Zaporozke, links=no; la, Exercitus Zaporoviensis) ...

. The regiment's capital was the city of Lubny, now in

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

of central

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. Other major cities of the regiment were Pyriatyn, Hlynsk and

Romny Romny ( uk, Ромни́, ) is a city in northern Ukrainian Sumy Oblast. It is located on the Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does ...

. The Lubny Regiment was founded in 1649, and was combined with the

Myrhorod Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a city in the Poltava Oblast ( province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of obla ...

Regiment in 1658. During combination, 7 sotnias from the Myrhorod Regiment, 4 from the Kropyvna Regiment, and 2 from the

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administrativel ...

Regiment were added into the Lubny Regiment. After reformation, the regiment consisted of a total of 13 sotnias, and later on in the 18th century — of 23 sotnias. According to documents of 1723, the regiment consisted of 2,687 land

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s, and 3,968 horseback cossacks. In 1781, the regiment was officially abolished, and its territory was reformed into the

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

and

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References

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— 8th Lubny Husar Regiment Cossack Hetmanate Regiments History of Poltava Oblast 1649 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Military units and formations established in 1649 {{Ukraine-hist-stub