Regiment or Regimental system ( uk, полк, translit=polk, uk, полковий устрій, translit=polkovyi ustrii) is a historical administrative, territorial, military and judicial unit of country's subdivision in

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) ...

and

Sloboda Ukraine Sloboda Ukraine (literally: Borderland of free frontier guards; uk, Слобідська Україна, Slobidska Ukraina), or Slobozhanshchyna ( uk, Слобожанщина, Slobozhanshchyna, ), is a historical region, now located in Northeas ...

in 17th and 18th centuries. The system was expanded out of already existing system of

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 ...

over

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

Bratslav Bratslav ( uk, Брацлав; pl, Bracław; yi, בראָצלעוו, ''Brotslev'', today also pronounced Breslev or '' Breslov'' as the name of a Hasidic group, which originated from this town) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, located i ...

, and

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

voivodeships. Regiments were headed by colonel ( uk, полковник, translit=polkovnyk) who was a member of the Council of Officers ( uk, Рада Старшин, translit=Rada Starshyn).

Overview

The regiment was the first level of administrative and military division of the Cossack Hetmanate. }, pl. uk, полки, polky , - , style="background:#FFEC77; color:black; text-align:center;" , Second , style="background:#FFEC77; color:black; text-align:center;" ,

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 ...

, style="background:#FFEC77; color:black" , uk, сотня, sotnia, pl. uk, сотні, sotni , - , style="background:#FFEC77; color:black; text-align:center;" , Third , style="background:#FFEC77; color:black; text-align:center;" ,

Kurin Kurin ( uk, курінь, translit=Kurin') has two definitions: a military and administrative unit of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Black Sea Cossack Host, and others; and of a type of housing (see below). In the administrative definition, a kurin ...

, style="background:#FFEC77; color:black" , uk, курінь, kurin, pl. uk, курені, kureni

List of regiments

In 1649, when the Hetmanate controlled both the right and left banks, it included 16 regiments. After the loss of

Right-bank Ukraine Right-bank Ukraine ( uk , Правобережна Україна, ''Pravoberezhna Ukrayina''; russian: Правобережная Украина, ''Pravoberezhnaya Ukraina''; pl, Prawobrzeżna Ukraina, sk, Pravobrežná Ukrajina, hu, Jobb p ...

, this number was reduced to ten.

Literature

* Zhukovsky, A.
Regimental system
'.

Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was crea ...

. * Panashenko, V.
Regimental system
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.

References

Sources

* {{Cossack Regiments Former administrative divisions of Ukraine Hetmanate 1 Cossack Hetmanate

Overview

List of regiments

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Literature

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