The Chernigov Regiment (also known as ''Chernihiv Regiment''
or the ''Regiment of Chernigov'', uk, Чернігівський полк, translit=Chernihivs'kyj polk, russian: Черниговский полк, translit=Chernigovskij polk) was one of ten
territorial-administrative subdivisions of the
Registered Zaporozhian Host, later incorporated as an autonomy in
Tsardom of Russia
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. In 1781, the regiment was officially abolished, and territory was reformed into the
Government of Chernigov,
Russian Empire
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.
The Chernihiv Regiment was founded in 1648 during the
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніцкага; russian: в ...
. Following the signing of the
Treaty of Zboriv
The Treaty of Zboriv was signed on August 18, 1649, after the Battle of Zboriv when the Crown forces of about 25,000, led by King John II Casimir of Poland, clashed against a combined force of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars, led by Hetman Bohdan Khm ...
in 1649 it consisted of 7
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 sh ...
s, and had 997
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 beginnin ...
. After
very much parts of regiment was included to
Nizhyn Regiment
The Nizhyn Regiment or Nezhin Regiment ( uk, Ні́жинський полк, russian: Нѣжинскій полкъ) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Nizhyn, n ...
. With 1659 in regiment started creation new sotnias. After reformation Chernihiv Regiment in 1782 consisted of 16 sotnias: Bereznynska, Bilouska, Chernihiv regimental, Horodnyanska, Kyselivska,
Lyubetska, Menska, Ponurnynska,
Royiska, Sednivska, Slabynska, Sosnytska, Stolynska, Synyavska, Volynska, Vybelska,
According to documents of 1764, the regiment consisted of 9,838 land
cossacks, and 19,810 helper cossacks.
Colonels
Martyn Nebaba (Мартин Небаба) (1649–1651)
Stepan Podobailo (Степан Пободайло) (1651–1653)
Ivan Wybelskyi (Іван Вибельський) (1653–1657, 1661)
Onykii Sylych (Оникій Силич) (1657–1663)
Demian Mnohohrishnyi (Дем'ян Многогрішний) (1665–1669)
Ivan Lysenko (Іван Лисенко) (1669–1671)
Vasyl Mnohohrishnyi (Василь Многогрішний) (1671–1672)
Vasyl Dunin-Borkowskyi (Василь Дунін-Борковський) (1672–1685)
Ivan Samoylovych
Ivan Samoylovych (, , ; died 1690) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. His term in office was marked by further incorporation of the Cossack Hetmanate into the Tsardom of Russia and by attempts to win Right-bank Ukraine from ...
(Іван Самойлович) (1685–1687)
Iakiv Lyzohub (Яків Лизогуб) (1687–1698)
Iukhym Lyzohub (Юхим Лизогуб) (1698–1704)
Pavlo Polubotok
Pavlo Polubotok ( uk, Павло Леонтійович Полуботок, russian: Павел Леонтьевич Полуботок, pl, Paweł Połubotok; born around 1660, died on 29 December 1724), was a Ukrainian Cossack political and mil ...
(Павло Полуботок) (1706–1722)
''In the XVIII century the position of colonel of the Chernihiv regiment was held by the protégés of the
imperial government
The name imperial government (german: Reichsregiment) denotes two organs, created in 1500 and 1521, in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to enable a unified political leadership, with input from the Princes. Both were composed of the em ...
:''
Myhailo Bohdanov (Михайло Богданов) (1723–1735)
Volodymyr Izmailov (Володимир Ізмайлов) (1736–1749)
Ivan Bozhych (Іван Божич) (1749–1762), belonged to a noble
Serbian family
Božić.
Petro Myloradovych (Петро Милорадович) (1762–1782), belonged to a noble
Serbian family
Miloradović.
References
Notes
Encyclopedia of Ukraine
* Zaruba V.M. Administratyvno-terytorialnyj ustrij ta administraciya Vijska Zaporozkoho u 1648-1782 rr., Dnipropetrovsk, 2007
Cossack Hetmanate Regiments
History of Chernihiv Oblast
1649 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Military units and formations established in 1649
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