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Regiment (administrative Unit)
Regiment or the regimental system (, ) is a historical administrative, territorial, military and judicial unit of the country's subdivision of the Cossack Hetmanate and the Sloboda Ukraine in the 17th–18th centuries. System was expanded out of already existing system of the Registered Cossacks over Kyiv, Bratslav and Chernihiv Voivodeships in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Regiments were headed by the Cossack Colonel () who was a member of the Cossack Council of the Officers (). Overview Regiment was the first level of the administrative and military division of the Cossack Hetmanate. List of the regiments In 1649, when the Cossack Hetmanate was established by the Treaty of Zboriv and controlled both the right and left banks, it included 16 regiments. After the loss of the Right–Bank Ukraine, a number was reduced to 10 regiments. See also * Cossack Hetmanate * Sotnia * Kurin Literature * Zhukovsky, A. Regimental system'. Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cossack Hetmanate
The Cossack Hetmanate (; Cossack Hetmanate#Name, see other names), officially the Zaporozhian Host (; ), was a Ukrainian Cossacks, Cossack state. Its territory was located mostly in central Ukraine, as well as in parts of Belarus and southwestern Russia. It existed between 1649 and 1764, although its administrative-judicial system persisted until 1781. The Hetmanate was founded in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Treaty of Zboriv, signed on August 18, 1649 by Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host) and Adam Kysil (representing Crown Forces), as a result of Khmelnytsky Uprising. Establishment of vassal relations with the Tsardom of Russia in the Pereiaslav Agreement, Treaty of Pereiaslav of 1654 is considered a benchmark of the Cossack Hetmanate in Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian historiography. The second Pereiaslav Articles, Pereiaslav Council in 1659 restricted the independence of the Hetmanate, and from the Russian side there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Regiment
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavic settlement on the great trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, Kyiv was a tributary of the Khazars, until its capture by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pereyaslav Polk
Pereiaslav is a historical town in Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located near the confluence of the Alta and Trubizh rivers some southeast of the capital Kyiv. It was one of the key regional centers of power during the Middle Ages and served as the capital of a principality. Pereiaslav hosts the administration of Pereiaslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately Possessing more than 20 museums, Pereiaslav is often described as a "living museum","Pereyaslav Khmelnytsky – a town of museums", ''Welcome to Ukraine'' magazine, March 2007 and was granted the status of . Etymology Current name The current name is implemented by the Verkhovna Rada on 30 September 2019 to reinstate its historical name. The name of Pereiaslav in other languages are: * , (also rendered as Pereyaslav) * * * * * Former names * Pereiaslav (907 – 1943; also known as Pereiaslav-Ruskyi starting from 1152) * Pereiaslav-Khmelnyts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaniv Polk
Kaniv (, ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It is an urban hromada of Ukraine. Population: Kaniv is a historical town that was founded in the 11th century by Kievan prince Yaroslav the Wise. The city is known today mostly for the burial site of Taras Shevchenko, the great Ukrainian poet and artist. Picturesque and ancient, Kaniv was once one of the largest cities of Kievan Rus'. At that time, it was an outpost used for diplomatic meetings between Ruthenian princes and ambassadors of militant tribes. Later, in the 18th century, it became a popular destination for elderly Cossacks, who wanted to live out their days on the banks of the great Dnieper River, and on the Chernecha Mountain, where, according to legend, a monastery stood in the past. The mountain remains one of Kaniv's most important places, attracting thousands of tourists to the city. Today it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaniv Regiment
The Kaniv Regiment () was a regiment of the Registered Cossacks (1625–1638) and later also an administrative subdivision of the Cossack Hetmanate (1648–1678, 1702–1712). It was centred around the town of Kaniv in central Ukraine, on the banks of the Dnieper river. History Early history The Kaniv regiment was originally formed in 1625 as a unit of the Registered Cossacks, who were formally registered in the army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and received an annual salary from the government. Due to the strategic position of the unit, from which crossings over the Dnieper (at Trakhtemyriv, Rzhyshchiv and Kaniv itself) could be controlled, it grew to become one of the largest Cossack units in employ of the Polish king by the 17th century. In early 1648, following the start of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, the regiment became part of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky's army. It was subsequently reformed into an administrative subdivision, also called a regiment, of the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bila Cerkva Polk
Bila or Bílá may refer to: Places *Bila, Ethiopia, formerly known as Billo and Billa, or its eponymous Bila Seyo region * Bila, Livno, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bila, Vitez, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Bila, a village in Schitu Commune, Romania * Bila River (other) *Bílá (Frýdek-Místek District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic *Bílá (Liberec District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic *Bílá, a village and part of Číměř (Jindřichův Hradec District) in the Czech Republic Surname *Bílá, the feminine form of the Czech surname Bílý *Bila, the feminine form of the Ukrainian surname Bilyi *Jedediah Bila, American TV host, author and columnist *Abdoul Bila, Burkinabé footballer *Vonani Bila, South African author and poet Other *Bila (sun), the solar deity of the Adnyamathanha people *Bila language, a Bantu language spoken by the Mbuti Pygmies * Bila' language, the name for several extinct Mon–Khmer la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bila Tserkva Regiment
The Bila Tserkva Regiment () was one of the seventeen territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Hetman State. The regiment's capital was the city of Bila Tserkva, now in the Kyiv Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Hermanivka, Fastiv, Bohuslav, and Skvyra. The regiment was created as a result of the Treaty of Kurukove, between the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth which led the establishment of six regiments of registered cossacks that existed before the Khmelnytsky Uprising. The regiment occupied a large amount area on the Right-bank Ukraine, and bordered by the Kyiv Regiment to the east, Korsun regiment by the south, and the Uman regiment to the west. In 1648 the regiment was incorporated into the Cossack Hetmanate when the Khmelnytsky uprising occurred. Following the signing of the treaty of Zboriv in 1649 it consisted of a total of 23 sotnias, and had 2,990 registered Cossacks. During the uprising the regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korsun Polk
Korsun may refer to: ;Places * Korsun, Slavic name for the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea * a name of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukraine before 1944 * Korsun, Donetsk Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine * Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion, former raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast in Ukraine ;Other * Korsun (surname) * Battle of Korsun, in 1648 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising * Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy The Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy (; ), also known as the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, was a World War II battle fought from 24 January to 16 February 1944 in the course of the Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive in Ukraine followi ... between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II * '' Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket'', a computer game based on the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket * Joachim of Korsun, first bishop of Novgorod the Great * Korsun Pocket: Little Stalingrad on the Dnepr, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherkasy Polk
Cherkasy (, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy serves as the administrative centre of Cherkasy Oblast as well as Cherkasy Raion within the oblast. The city has a population of Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukraine. Cherkasy has been known since the 13th century and played a great role in the history of Ukraine. The city was the centre of the land of the Cossacks; its citizens took part in Khmelnytsky Uprising, Khmelnychchyna and Koliivshchyna Cossack and peasant rebellions. The city is located on the right bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about south of the nation's capital, Kyiv. Cherkasy is divided into 2 Urban districts of Ukraine, urban districts: Sosnivskyi (with Orshanets village) and Prydniprovskyi. It hosts the administration of Cherkasy urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In June 2011, the city celebrated its 725th anniversary. Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
