Zhyvotiv Regiment
Животівський полк
Active1648 - 1649
CountryCossack Hetmanate
TypeCossack Regiment
Size4 sotnias
Garrison/HQZhyvotiv, Ukraine
EngagementsKhmelnytsky Uprising

The Zhyvotiv Regiment (Ukrainian: Животівський полк, romanized: Zhyvotivskyi polk) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Zhyvotiv, now a village in Vinnytsia Oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine.

Regiment was raised in 1648, during Khmelnytsky Uprising.[1][2] Shortly after Treaty of Zboriv, in 1649, the regiment was disbanded. The regiments sotnias were all transferred to Kalnyk Regiment. In 1651 its former sotnias were transferred again to Pavoloch Regiment.

Zhyvotiv regiment sotnias location

Structure

The regiment comprised 4 sotnias:

  • Borshchahivka
  • Pohrebyshche
  • Tetiiv
  • Zhyvotiv

References

  1. ↑ Levytsky, Orest (1878). Літопис Самовидця [Chronicle of Samovidets] (in Russian). Kyiv. p. 19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ Gajecky, George (1978). The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate. Vol. II. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. p. 643. ISBN 0-916458-02-4.

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
  • Bodyansky, Osip (1974), РЕЕСТРА ВСЕГО ВОЙСКА ЗАПОРОЖСКАГО ПОСЛѢ ЗБОРОВСКАГО ДОГОВОРА [Register of all Zaporozhian Host after Treaty of Zboriv] (in Russian), Moscow: Imperial Moscow University
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