| Unit Name: | Kropyvna Regiment Кропивнянський полк |
| Dates: | 1649 - 1658 |
| Country: | Cossack Hetmanate |
| Type: | Cossack Regiment |
| Size: | 14 sotnias 2010 cossacks |
| Garrison: | Kropyvna, Ukraine |
| Battles: | Khmelnytsky Uprising |
| Notable Commanders: | Filon Dzhelaliy |
The Kropyvna Regiment (Ukrainian: Кропивнянський полк|translit=Kropyvniantskyi polk) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Kropyvna, now a village in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine.
In 1648, during Khmelnytsky Uprising, Irkliiv Regiment was raised, with colonel Mykhailo Teliuchenko commanding it.[1] On 16 October 1649 Irkliiv and neighboring part of Lubny Regiment were merged to form Kropyvna Regiment.[2] [3] The only regimental colonel was Filon Dzhelaliy.
Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky disbanded the regiment in 1658 after death of colonel Filon Dzhelaliy. The regiments sotnias were all transferred to recreated Irkliiv Regiment and Lubny Regiment.[1]
The regiment comprised 14 sotnias with 2010 cossacks:
Zaruba and Kryvoshyia give the regiment 1992 cossacks in 1649.[4] Giving 3 Irkliiv companies 631 cossacks, the register lists them having 640. Also 2 Pyriatyn companies had 307, as opposed to registers 306. Other discrepancies are shown in .
In 1650 register sent by Bohdan Khmelnytsky to Alexis of Russia, strength of regiment is given at 2053.[5]
| Sotnia | Number of Cossacks | Sotnyk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kropyvna | 207 (284) | Nestor Morozenko | |
| Denhy | 88 | Demko Ihnatenko[6] | |
| Irkliiv 1st | 323 | Klym Semenovych | |
| Irkliiv 2nd | 185 | Kuzma Verhun | |
| Irkliiv 3rd | 132 | Ivan Voropai | |
| Orzhytsia | 97 | Matiusha (Matiash) | |
| Yabluniv | 137 | Matvii Fedorovych | |
| Pyriatyn 1st | 187 | Nychypir Lelet | |
| Pyriatyn 2nd | 119 | Ivan Mykolaienko | |
| Chornukhy 1st | 134 | Matvii Dovhal | |
| Chornukhy 2nd | 102 | Ivan Kokhan | |
| Horodyshche | 99 | Martyn Romanenko | |
| Zhuravka | 120 | Fedir Bulba | |
| Kurinka | 80 (81) | Tymish |