Irkliiv Regiment Explained

Unit Name:Irkliiv Regiment
Іркліївський полк
Dates:1648-1649
1658-1663
Country:Cossack Hetmanate
Type:Cossack Regiment
Size:9 sotnias (1648-1649)
8 sotnias (1658-1663)
Garrison:Irkliiv, Ukraine
Battles:Khmelnytsky Uprising

The Irkliiv Regiment (Ukrainian: Іркліївський полк|translit=Irkliivskyi polk) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Irkliiv, now a village in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine.

In 1648, during Khmelnytsky Uprising, Regiment was raised from the Irkliiv sotnia of the Pereiaslav Regiment. Colonel Mykhailo Teliuchenko became the first commander.[1] On 16 October 1649 Irkliiv and neighboring part of Lubny Regiment were merged to form Kropyvna Regiment.[2] [3] [4] Other sotnias were absorbed into Chyhyryn Regiment and Cherkasy Regiment.

Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky disbanded Kropyvna Regiment in 1658 after death of colonel Filon Dzhelaliy. The regiments sotnias were all transferred to recreated Irkliiv Regiment and Lubny Regiment.[1] Matvii Pankevych became the new regiments colonel.[5] When the regiment was disbanded again in 1663, its sotnias went to neighbouring Pereiaslav Regiment, Pryluky Regiment and Lubny Regiment.

Structure

The regiment comprised 5 sotnias during 1648-1649:

The regiment comprised 8 sotnias during 1658-1663:

Commanders

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maksimovich, Mikhail . Собрание сочинений . Collected Works . 1886 . Kyiv . 712-714 . ru .
  2. Book: Gajecky, George . The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate . II . 1978 . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute . 633-635 . 0-916458-02-4 . en.
  3. Book: Адміністративно-територіальний поділ Полтавщини (1648–2012 рр.) . Administrative-territorial division of Poltava Oblast (1648–2012) . ТОВ «АСМІ» . 2012 . Poltava . 14-15 . 978-966-182-203-9 . uk.
  4. Book: Levytsky, Orest . Літопис Самовидця . Chronicle of Samovidets . 1878 . Kyiv . 19 . ru .
  5. Book: Hrushevsky, Mykhailo . . X . 1956 . Knyho-spilka . New York . 144 . uk.