The Poltava Regiment ( uk, Полтавський 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 Poltava, 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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. The Poltava Regiment was founded in 1648 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Following the signing of the Treaty of Zboriv in 1649 it consisted of 19

sotnia Sotnia ( Ukrainian and ) was a military unit and administrative division in many Slavic countries. Sotnia, deriving back to 1948, has been used in a variety of contexts in both Ukraine and Russia to this day. It is a helpful word to create s ...

s, and had 2970

registered cossacks Registered Cossacks (, , pl, Kozacy rejestrowi) comprised special Cossack units of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army in the 16th and 17th centuries. Registered Cossacks became a military formation of the Commonwealth army beginni ...

. In 1775, the regiment was officially abolished, and its territory was reformed into the Little Russia Governorate.

References

* Zaruba V.M. Administratyvno-terytorialnyj ustrij ta administraciya Vijska Zaporozkoho u 1648-1782 rr., Dnipropetrovsk, 2007 * Горобець В. Історія українського козацтва//Полково-сотенний устрій Гетьманату. Нариси у 2-х томах. * В. О. Мокляк. Джерела з історії Полтавського полку. Середина XVII–XVIII ст. Т. І: Компути та ревізії Полтавського полку. Компут 1649 р. Компут 1718 р. Полтава: АСМІ 2007 {{Cossack Regiments Cossack Hetmanate Regiments History of Poltava Oblast 1649 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Military units and formations established in 1649