Ichnia Regiment Explained

Unit Name:	Ichnia Regiment Ічнянський полк
Dates:	1648 - 1649
Country:	Cossack Hetmanate
Type:	Cossack Regiment
Garrison:	Ichnia, Ukraine
Battles:	Khmelnytsky Uprising

The Ichnia Regiment (Ukrainian: Ічнянський полк|translit=Ichnianskyi polk) was one of the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Ichnia, now in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine.^[1]

Regiment was raised by colonel Petro Holovatskyi in and around the town of Ichnia in January 1648,^[2] during Khmelnytsky Uprising.^[3] Shortly after Treaty of Zboriv, in October 1649, the regiment was disbanded. The regiment was reduced to 2 sotnias which were then transferred to Pryluky Regiment.

Commanders

All commanders were Colonels.^[4]

• Petro Holovatskyi 1648-1649
• Stepan Holovatskyi 1649

Notes and References

1. Book: Smoliy . Valeriy . Kulchynskyi . Stanislav . Maiboroda . Oleksandr . Малий словник історії України . A small dictionary of the history of Ukraine . 1997 . Либідь . 175 . 5-325-00781-5 . uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203082434/http://history.org.ua/LiberUA/5-325-00781-5/5-325-00781-5.pdf . 3 February 2017 . 27 October 2022.
2. Book: Lazarevsky, Oleksandr . Описание Старой Малороссии Том 3 Прилуцкий полк . Description of Old Little Russia Volume 3 Pryluky Regiment . 1902 . Kyiv . 224 . ru .
3. Book: Gajecky, George . The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate . I . 1978 . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute . 264 . 0-916458-02-4 . en.
4. Book: Gajecky, George . The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate . II . 1978 . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute . 637 . 0-916458-02-4 . en.