Nizhyn Regiment
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Nizhyn Regiment Ніжинський полк |
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Active | 1648 - 1782 |
Country | Cossack Hetmanate |
Type | Cossack Regiment |
Size | 10 sotnias |
Garrison/HQ | Nizhyn, Ukraine |
Engagements | Khmelnytsky Uprising Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Vasyl Zolotarenko Hryhoriy Hulyanytsky |
The Nizhyn Regiment (Ukrainian: Ніжинський полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Nizhyn, now in Chernihiv Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Pryluky, Hlukhiv and Baturyn.
The Nizhyn Regiment was founded in 1648, in 1653 it annexed the territory of the Novhorod-Siverskyi Regiment. Around that time the Regiment consisted of 10 sotnias. In 1654 add several hundred sotnia from the Chernihiv Regiment. Baturyn, and Hlukhiv the former captials of the Hetmanate were part of the regiment.
On the territories of the regiment were 1 city, 3 towns, and 866 villages. In 1782 the regiment was disbanded by the order of the Tsar. All of the regiment's territories were included into the Chernihiv namestnichestvo.