The Chernigov Regiment (also known as ''Chernihiv Regiment'' or the ''Regiment of Chernigov'', , ) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Registered Zaporozhian Host, later incorporated as an autonomy in

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. In 1781, the regiment was officially abolished, and territory was reformed into the Government of Chernigov,

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. The Chernihiv Regiment was founded in 1648 during the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...

. 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 35,000, 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

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s, and had 997

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. After

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very much parts of regiment was included to

Nizhyn Regiment The Nizhyn Regiment () was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Nizhyn, now in Chernihiv Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Hlukhiv and ...

. 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

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, 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 (Іван Самойлович) (1685–1687) Iakiv Lyzohub (Яків Лизогуб) (1687–1698) Iukhym Lyzohub (Юхим Лизогуб) (1698–1704) Pavlo Polubotok (Павло Полуботок) (1706–1722) ''In the XVIII century the position of colonel of the Chernihiv regiment was held by the protégés of the

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:'' 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 {{Ukraine-hist-stub