Hlukhiv Regiment
Глухівський полк
Coat of Arms
Active1663 - 1665
CountryCossack Hetmanate
AllegianceIvan Briukhovetsky
TypeCossack Regiment
Size6 sotnias
Garrison/HQHlukhiv, Ukraine
EngagementsRusso-Polish War (1654–1667)

The Hlukhiv Regiment (Ukrainian: Глухівський полк, romanized: Hlukhivskyi polk) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Hlukhiv, now in Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine.

The Hlukhiv Regiment was founded in 1663 by hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky. It was formed from sotnias of Nizhyn Regiment located on different bank of Seym river.[1]

After its abolition in 1665, all of the sotnias went back to Nizhyn Regiment.

Structure

The regiment comprised 6 sotnias:

  • Voronizh
  • Hlukhiv
  • Korop
  • Krolevets
  • Novi Mlyny
  • Yampil
Hlukhiv regiment sotnias location

Commanders

All commanders were Colonels.

  • Kyrylo Hulianytskyi 1663-1664
  • Vasyl Cherkashchenytsia 1664-1665

References

  1. ↑ Struk, Danylo (August 31, 1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume III: L-Pf (2nd Revised ed.). University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. ISBN 0802039936.

Sources

Заруба, Віктор (2007), Адміністративно-територіальний устрій та адміністрація Війська Запорозького у 1648-1782 рр. [Administrative-territorial structure and administration of the Zaporizhzhya Army in 1648-1782.] (in Ukrainian), Dnipro: Lira, ISBN 978-966-383-095-7

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