The Myrhorod Regiment ( uk, Миргородський полк, translit=Myrhorods’kyi polk) was one of the 10 territorial-administrative subdivisions of the

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) ...

. The regiment's capital was the city of

Myrhorod Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a city in the Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast s ...

, now in

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of central

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

Lubny Regiment The Lubny Regiment ( uk, Лубенський полк, translit=Lubens’kyi polk, russian: Лубенский полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Lubn ...

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 The Chyhyryn Regiment () was one of the seventeen territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Hetman State. The regiment's capital was the city of Chyhyryn, now in the Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. The military units of the regiment were ...

were added to the regiments numbers. During the 1774–1775 years, 4 sotnias from the regiment were added to Novorossiysk governorate. 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 Kiev

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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) *

Danylo Apostol Danylo Apostol (; ; ) (1654–1734), was a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734. Brief biography Born in a Cossack family of Moldavian origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, ''polkovnyk'' (colonel) of the Myrhorod ...

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

References

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