Ichnia Regiment
Ічнянський полк
Coat of Arms
Active1648 - 1649
CountryCossack Hetmanate
TypeCossack Regiment
Garrison/HQIchnia, Ukraine
EngagementsKhmelnytsky Uprising

The Ichnia Regiment (Ukrainian: Ічнянський полк, romanized: Ichnianskyi polk) was one 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]

References

  1. ^ Smoliy, Valeriy; Kulchynskyi, Stanislav; Maiboroda, Oleksandr (1997). Малий словник історії України [A small dictionary of the history of Ukraine] (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Либідь. p. 175. ISBN 5-325-00781-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ Lazarevsky, Oleksandr (1902). Описание Старой Малороссии Том 3 Прилуцкий полк [Description of Old Little Russia Volume 3 Pryluky Regiment] (in Russian). Kyiv. p. 224.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Gajecky, George (1978). The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate. Vol. I. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. p. 264. ISBN 0-916458-02-4.
  4. ^ Gajecky, George (1978). The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate. Vol. II. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. p. 637. ISBN 0-916458-02-4.

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