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The Ukrainian Registered Cossacks (URC) ( uk, Українське реєстрове козацтво); is a public organization that was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 8 July 2002. The URC consists of nearly 70,000
cossack The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
s. It has a hymn, flag, logo, insignia, awards and operates the ''Ukraine of Cossacks'' newspaper. The organization is one of hundreds of diverse associations of Cossacks in 21st century Ukraine.


History

In the past, the Register was a list of the Ukrainian Cossacks in the state military service. The Cossacks were enlisted to placement on these special lists, which served as a foundation for the state to define their privileges and rights. Though the Ukrainian Cossacks had been used by the government in wars from an early period, the project of creating a register was put forward in 1524, during the reign of Siguizmund the II Augustus, when Ukraine was a part of Poland. Three hundred Cossacks were included. The Cossacks were independent of local administration, they were not liable to pay taxes, and received other privileges, including the right to own the Trakhtemyrov Monastery (with lands spreading to
Chyhyryn Chyhyryn ( uk, Чигирин, ) is a city and historic site located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. From 1648 to 1669 the city was a Hetman residence. After a forced relocation of the Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan see ...
, for winter quarters, arsenals and hospitals). The Registered Cossacks also possessed . At the beginning of 1646 there took place a secret meeting between
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...
, the Cossack hetman, and Vladislav IV the Vasa, during which the Polish king promised to increase the Cossack register up to 12,000 and to restore the rights and freedoms of Cossacks. During the liberation struggle that followed, the number of the
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 beginning ...
, which was a powerful force of the Ukrainian military, reached 100,000. Attempts to lower the number to 40 thousand (according to
Treaty of Zboriv The Treaty of Zboriv was signed on August 18, 1649, after the Battle of Zboriv when the Crown forces of about 25,000, led by King John II Casimir of Poland, clashed against a combined force of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars, led by Hetman Bohdan Khme ...
of 1649) and to 20,000 (as specified by the
Treaty of Bila Tserkva The Treaty of Bila Tserkva was a peace treaty signed on 28 September 1651, between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ukrainian Cossacks in the aftermath of the Battle of Bila Tserkva. It was signed for the Poles by Mikołaj Potocki, Mar ...
of 1651) did not prove successful. The March Articles, approved by the Moscow Tsar in 1654, provided 60,000 register. In the course of time the dependence of Ukraine upon Moscoviya was the main factor that influenced development of the Registered Cossacks. The handover of Ukraine by Russia to Poland in 1667 led to destruction of the Right-bank Cossacks. In 1735 the Cossack register in Left-bank Ukraine was limited to 20,000 elective Cossacks, and in
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 1700 were only 4200 Cossacks. After 1782, the Registered Cossacks were destroyed as an organization.


Regenerated of the registered cossacks

In 2002, in independent Ukraine, the Constituent Great Council regenerated the Ukrainian Registered Cossacks and approved the post of Hetman by its decree. Cossacks elected unanimously to this post a well-known scientist, Anatoliy Ivanovich Shevchenko, Corresponding member of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, PhDoctor of Technical Science, PhDoctor of Theology, rector of the State University of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, and attached to MES of Ukraine. The motto of the old Registered Cossacks was "Keep Honour – Build Glory!", but the motto of modern Registered Cossacks is "Towards a Powerful State and Prosperity of the Ukrainian People Through Spirituality and Patriotism of Each Person".


The structure and strength

The URC are registered with provincial, municipal, district Cossack organizations in all regions of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
,
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 ...
, and
Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
. It comprises almost 70,000 Cossacks. At the head of URC is the hetman, with regional and local organizations led by the principal
chieftain A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categori ...
s and the district chieftains, respectively. The organization is controlled by a General Staff of the URC in Kyiv, URC headquarters in regions, cities and district centers.


Activities

The activities of the URC are spiritual-ideological, scientific-educational, national, economic, social and military. They conduct international activities, with branches in the United States, Australia, and Japan. According to the CDA, the main purpose for them is the presentation of Ukraine at the international level as an independent and democratic state. On 24 March 2004, a delegation of the Ukrainian registered Cossacks was greeted at the Vatican by Pope John Paul II. Welcoming them, he said that he sincerely wishes the Ukrainian people and the good agreement and gave the blessing of God to the Ukrainian registered Cossacks and all the people of Ukraine. On 24 March 2005, the URC delegation met in the patriarchal residence of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Alexy II Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, russian: link=no, Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger russian: link=no, Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December ...
. During the meeting they discussed the problems of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, as well as the strengthening of friendship between the Orthodox peoples of Ukraine and Russia. The Patriarch of the URC was awarded a crystal mace as a symbol of spiritual power and respect.Word of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy to meet with representatives of URC
/ref> In 2008 the organization cooperated with the
Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...
; and it claimed "We are supportive of all the parties that stand for the unification of the East and West of Ukraine, including the Party of Regions." Because of this cooperation with Party of Regions the Ivano-Frankivsk branch of the URC created a new organization.Yanukovych drives a wedge among Ukrainian Cossacks
ZiK (17 July 2008)


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