The Lubny Regiment () was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the

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

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of central

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. Other major cities of the regiment were Pyriatyn, Hlynsk and Romny. The Lubny Regiment was founded in 1649, and was combined with the

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

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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

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and Chernihiv Governorates. Notable Commander was Mikhail Kazimierz Skarzhinsky.

Government

The government of the Lubny regiment in the 17th century was held by the following persons: Pavlo Shvets (1658), Yakiv Zasiadko (1659, 1660), Shamlytskyi Stepan (1660, 1661, 1663), Andrii Pyrskyi (1662, 1663), Verbytskyi Hnat Yakovych (1663), Hamalii Hryhorii Mykhailovych (1665, 1668, 1669, 1687—88), Shcherbak Bohdan Vasyliovych (1666, 1667), Leshchenko Ustym (1668, commissioned), Plys Pylyp (1669), Nesterenko Andrii Korniiovych (1672), Mykhailo Stepanov (1672), Serbyn Ivan Fedorovych (1672, 1675, 1676), Maksym Iliashenko (1676—1687), Yakym Holovchenko (about 1688). Svichka Leontii Nazarovych (1688—1699). The colonels of the 18th century were: Dmytro Zelenskyi (1700—1708), Vasyl Savych (1710—1714), Andrii Markovych (1714—1727), Petro Danylovych Apostol (1727—1757), Ivan Petrovych Kuliabka (1757—1770) and Maksymovych Stepan Petrovych, (1770—1781). When the regimental administration was first formed in 1649, the Lubny regiment was divided between two regiments. Lubny could not be appointed as a regimental center in those days, probably due to some private reasons.

References

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

Government

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