The Zinkiv Regiment ( uk, Зіньківський полк, Zinkivs’kyi polk) was one of the 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
Zinkiv
Zinkiv (, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Zinkiv Raion. Population:
Gallery
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Modern architecture, or mode ...
, 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
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
.
The Zinkiv Regiment was founded in 1661 on the territories of the disbanded Hadiach county out of the
Poltava Regiment
The Poltava Regiment ( uk, Полтавський полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Poltava, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine.
The Poltava Re ...
.
In 1671, the regiment was renamed ''Hadiach Regiment''.
Structure
The regiment comprised 12
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:
*Birky
*Hadiach
*Hrun'
*Komyshnia
*Kotelva
*Kovalivka
*Kuzemyn
*Lutenka
*Opishnia
*Rashivka
*Vepryk
*Zinkivsk
References
Cossack Hetmanate Regiments
History of Poltava Oblast
1661 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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