Zinkivskyi Regiment

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Zinkivskyi Regiment Зіньківський полк
Active	1661 - 1671
Country	Cossack Hetmanate
Type	Cossack Regiment
Size	12 sotnias
Garrison/HQ	Zinkiv, Ukraine

The Zinkivskyi Regiment (Ukrainian: Зіньківський полк, translit. Zinkovs’kyi polk) was one of the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Zinkiv, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine.

The Zinkivskyi Regiment was founded in 1661 on the territories of the disbanded Hadiach county.

In the 1671 the Regiment was renamed Hadiach Regiment.

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The regiment was compromised of 12 sotnias:

• Birky
• Hadiach
• Komyshnia
• Kotelva
• Kovalivka
• Kuzemyn
• Lutenka
• Opishnia
• Rashivka
• Vepryk
• Zinkivsk

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