Kropyvna Regiment
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Кропивнянський полк
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|dates= 1649 - 1658
|country= Cossack Hetmanate
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|type= Cossack Regiment
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|size= 14 sotnias
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|notable_commanders= Filon Dzhelaliy
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The Kropyvna Regiment ({{langx|uk|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.{{Cite book |last=Maksimovich |first=Mikhail |title=Собрание сочинений |trans-title=Collected Works |date=1886 |place=Kyiv |pages=712–714 |language=ru |url=https://archive.org/details/1.1876/page/711/mode/2up}} On 16 October 1649 Irkliiv and neighboring part of Lubny Regiment were merged to form Kropyvna Regiment.{{Cite book |last=Gajecky |first=George |title=The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate |volume=II |date=1978 |publisher=Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute |pages=633–634 |isbn=0-916458-02-4 |language=en}}{{Cite book |title=Адміністративно-територіальний поділ Полтавщини (1648–2012 рр.) |trans-title=Administrative-territorial division of Poltava Oblast (1648–2012) |publisher=ТОВ «АСМІ» |date=2012 |place=Poltava |pages=14–15 |isbn= 978-966-182-203-9 |language=uk}} 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.
Structure
The regiment comprised 14 sotnias with 2010 cossacks:
Zaruba and Kryvoshyia give the regiment 1992 cossacks in 1649.{{Cite book |last=Krjvosheja |first=Volodymyr |title=Козацька еліта Гетьманщини |trans-title=Cossack elite of the Hetmanate |date=2008 |place=Kyiv |page=101 |isbn= 978-966-02-4850-2 |language=uk}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Levytsky |first=Orest |title=Літопис Самовидця |trans-title=Chronicle of Samovidets |date=1878 |place=Kyiv |page=228 |language=ru |url=https://archive.org/details/samovydcya/samovydcya2/page/228/mode/2up}}
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| Sotnia | Number of Cossacks | Sotnyk |
|---|---|---|
| Kropyvna | 207 (284) | Nestor Morozenko |
| Denhy | 88 | Demko Ihnatenko{{cite journal |last= Krjvosheja|first= Volodymyr|date= 2010|title= Козацька старшина Кропивнянського полку доби Національної революції середини ХVІІ ст.|trans-title= Cossack officers of Kropyvna regiment of the era of the National Revolution during middle of the 17th century|url= http://gileya.org/index.php?ng=library&cont=long&id=54|language= uk|journal= Collection of Scientific Papers «Gileya: Scientific Herald»|issue= 38|pages= 8|access-date= November 14, 2022}} |
| Irkliiv 1st | 323 | Klym Semenovych{{Cref2|Note}} |
| 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 |
Notes
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{{Cnote2|Note|Note: Haietskyi and Maksymovych list last name for Klym as Daldenko.}}{{Cite book |last=Gajecky |first=George |title=The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate |volume=I |date=1978 |publisher=Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute |page=338 |isbn=0-916458-02-4 |language=en}}
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Commanders
- Filon Dzhelaliy 1648-1658
References
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Sources
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