The Myrhorod Regiment () was one of the 10 territorial-administrative subdivisions of the

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. The regiment's capital was the city of

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, now in

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of central

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. The Myrhorod Regiment was founded in 1648. In 1649 the territory of

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was annexed to the Myrhorod Regiment. At that time the Regiment consisted of 16 sotnias. In 1658 part of the Regiment became recreated

. In 1672 a few sotnias from the Chyhyryn Regiment were added to the regiments numbers. During the 1774–1775 years, 4 sotnias from the regiment were added to the Russian

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. In 1782 on the territories of the regiment were 12 towns and 1,271 villages. During this year the regiment was disbanded and all of its territories were annexed to the

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namestnichestvo.

Structure

During 1774–1775 the Regiment consisted of the following sotnias: *Bila Tserkva *Bohats *Holtviansk *Horodytsk *Khorol *Kremenchuk *Myrhorod (2) *Omelnyk *Ostapivka *Potoky *Shyshatsk *Sorochyntsi *Ustavytsk *Vlasivka *Yaresk

Commanders

*Matvii Hladkyi (1649–1652) *Hryhorii Lisnytskyi (1653–1654, 1657–1658, 1660) *Pavlo Apostol (1659, 1671, 1672–1683) *Demian Apostol (1664–1666) *Hryhorii Apostol (1666–1668) *Hryhorii Hladkyi (1669–1670) *Mykhailo Kyiashko (1670–1671) *

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(1683–1727) *Pavlo Apostol (1727–1736) *Vasyl Kapnist (1737–1750)

References

Cossack Hetmanate Regiments History of Poltava Oblast {{Ukraine-hist-stub