Regiment_(administrative_unit)

Regiment (administrative unit)

Regiment (administrative unit)

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Regiment or Regimental system (Ukrainian: полк, romanized: polk, Ukrainian: полковий устрій, romanized: polkovyi ustrii) is a historical administrative, territorial, military and judicial unit of country's subdivision in Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine in 17th and 18th centuries.[1]

The system was expanded out of already existing system of Registered Cossacks over Kyiv, Bratslav, and Chernihiv voivodeships.

Regiments were headed by colonel (Ukrainian: полковник, romanized: polkovnyk) who was a member of the Council of Officers (Ukrainian: Рада Старшин, romanized: Rada Starshyn).

Overview

The regiment was the first level of administrative and military division of the Cossack Hetmanate.

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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, this number was reduced to ten.

Map of the regiments in Left-bank Ukraine from 1781
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See also

Literature

References

  1. [1]
    Magocsi 1996, p. 235.

Sources

  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (1996). A History of Ukraine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 784. ISBN 0-8020-0830-5.
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