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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name= Sosnytsia Regiment
Сосницький полк
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|caption= Coat of Arms
|dates= 1648 - 1649
1663 - 1668
|country= Cossack Hetmanate
|type= Cossack Regiment
|size= 4 sotnias (1648-1649)
| battles =
|notable_commanders= Yakiv Skydan
}}
The Sosnytsia Regiment ({{langx|uk|Сосницький полк|translit=Sosnytskyi polk}}) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Sosnytsia, now an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Oblast of north-central Ukraine. The regiment existed from 1648 to 1649, it was disbanded after Treaty of Zboriv. In 1663 it was recreated and lasted until 1668 when again it was disbanded.
History
=1648-1649=
In August 1648,{{Cite book |last1=Boiko |first1=Volodymyr |last2=Pryhorovskyi |first2=Vitalii |editor1-last=Lepiavko |editor1-first=Serhii |title=Сосниця - європейське місто |trans-title=Sosnytsia - a European city |date=2010 |place=Chernihiv |publisher=V. M. Lozovy |page=10 |isbn= 978-966-2482-36-2 |language=uk |url=http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/ukr0000013803}}{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Onyshchenko |first1=I. Z. |last2=Pryhorosckyi |first2=V. M. |editor-last1=Derykolenko |editor-first1=O. I. |editor-last2=Butko |editor-first2=O. G. |editor-last3=Vlasenko |editor-first3=V. I. |editor-last4=Horbach |editor-first4=V. M. |editor-last5=Irzhavskyi |editor-first5=Z. B. |editor-last6=Kalyta |editor-first6=E. H. |editor-last7=Kostarchuk |editor-first7=V. M. |editor-last8=Levenko |editor-first8=A. I. |editor-last9=Lola |editor-first9=O. P. |editor-last10=Maisterenko |editor-first10=L. I. |editor-last11=Marysova |editor-first11=I.V. |editor-last12=Muzychenko |editor-first12=I. I. |editor-last13=Nelip |editor-first13=I. P. |editor-last14=Oliinyk |editor-first14=L. V. |editor-last15=Panchenko |editor-first15=V. P. |editor-last16=Romanova |editor-first16=O. P. |editor-last17=Sendziuk |editor-first17=F. L. |editor-last18=Senko |editor-first18=B. I. |editor-last19=Sobko |editor-first19=I P. |editor-last20=Spyrydonov |editor-first20=F. P. |editor-last21=Stasevych |editor-first21=O. D. |editor-last22=Shevchuk |editor-first22=M. S. |editor-last23=Shmorhun |editor-first23=V. F. |editor-last24=Yatsura |editor-first24=M. T.|display-editors=4 |encyclopedia= The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR|title= Історія міст і сіл Української РСР Чернігівська область|trans-title= The history of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR. Chernihiv Oblast.|url= http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/UKR0002568|access-date= 25 January 2023|language= uk|year= 1972|publisher= Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia|volume= 25|location= Kyiv|page= 618}} during Khmelnytsky Uprising, Regiment was raised from Sosnytsia company of newly liberated Sosnytsia Okrug of Novhorod County of Chernihiv Voivodeship.{{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=110 |isbn=0-916458-02-4 |language=en}} Other than the regimental capital of Sosnytsia, it covered towns and villages of Lavy, Rudnia, Ustia, Upper Yaklychi, Lower Yaklychi, Zmitniv, Koniatyn, Kozlenychi and Shabalyniv.{{Cite book |last=Krjvosheja |first=Volodymyr |title=Генеалогія українського козацтва : Нариси історії козацьких полків |trans-title=Genealogy of Ukrainian Cossacks: Essays on the History of Cossack Regiments |date=2002 |place=Kyiv |publisher=Stylos |pages=59-61 |isbn= 966-8009-15-0 |language=uk}} Colonel Leontii Rukashka became the first commander.{{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=636-637 |isbn=0-916458-02-4 |language=en}} Yurii Khmelnytsky, brother of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky{{Cite book |last=Krjvosheja |first=Volodymyr |title=Генеалогія українського козацтва : Нариси історії козацьких полків |trans-title=Genealogy of Ukrainian Cossacks: Essays on the History of Cossack Regiments |date=2002 |place=Kyiv |publisher=Stylos |pages=103-104 |isbn= 966-8009-15-0 |language=uk}} was also a colonel of the regiment in 1648{{Cite book |last=Krjvosheja |first=Volodymyr |title=Козацька еліта Гетьманщини |trans-title=Cossack elite of the Hetmanate |date=2008 |place=Kyiv |page=65 |isbn= 978-966-02-4850-2 |language=uk}} and until it was dissolved in 1649. Tsardom of Russia, Bryansk Voivode Nikofor Meshchersky in a letter to Alexis of Russia received on {{OldStyleDate|11 November|1648|1 November}}, mentions a letter from Bohdan to his brother Yurii. While Bohdan was continuing his campaign toward Warsaw, Yurii was ordered to remain in Sosnytsia and neighboring cities of Novhorod-Siverskyi, Starodub and Pochep. His regiment was to guard grain and to scout for enemy forces.{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last= Kostomarov|editor-first= N|encyclopedia= Archaeological Commission|title= Акты, относящиеся к истории Южной и Западной России|trans-title= Acts relating to the history of Southern and Western Russia|url= https://www.prlib.ru/en/node/692366#v=d&z=2&n=5&i=9222873_doc1.tiff&y=349&x=566|access-date= 25 January 2023|language= ru|year= 1873|publisher= Pratts|volume= VIII|location= St. Petersburg|pages= 275-276}} In the cossack register of 1649, he is listed in Chernihiv Regiment, not holding any rank. His name was also given as Yusko, Iosko.{{sfn|Panashenko|Strashko|Ostash|Ostash|1995|p=478}} Shortly after Treaty of Zboriv, in 1649, the regiment was disbanded. The Sosnytsia sotnia was transferred to Chernihiv Regiment. The cossack register of 1649, only lists Sosnytsia company and does not mention the regiment.{{sfn|Panashenko|Strashko|Ostash|Ostash|1995|pp=485-486}}
=1663-1668=
The regiment was revived by newly elected Hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky, in July 1663.{{Cite book |last=Krjvosheja |first=Volodymyr |title=Козацька еліта Гетьманщини |trans-title=Cossack elite of the Hetmanate |date=2008 |place=Kyiv |page=183 |isbn= 978-966-02-4850-2 |language=uk}} It was formed from sotnias of Nizhyn Regiment, located close to Sosnytsia.{{Cite book |last=Panashenko |first=Vira |title=Полкове управління в Україні (середина XVII-XVIII ст.) |trans-title=Regimental administration in Ukraine (mid-17th-18th centuries) |date=1997 |publisher=Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |place=Kyiv |page=5 |isbn=5-7702-1083-4 |language=uk |url=http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/UKR0002195}} As the Nizhyn Regiment was too big and influential, being comprised of 36 sotnias, Briukhovetsky decided to carve out 3 new regiments from it.{{Cite book |last=Lunyak |first=Yevhen |title=Криваве Різдво Салтикової Дівиці 1664-го року |trans-title=Bloody Christmas of the Saltykova Maiden in 1664 |date=2013 |publisher=Nizhin state University named after Mykola Gogol |place=Nizhyn |page=21 |isbn= 978-617-527-097-4 |language=uk |url=http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/ukr0000016916}}{{Cite book |editor1-last=Morozov |editor1-first=Oleksandr |title=Нариси історії Ніжині козацької доби. Збірник публікацій та матеріалів |trans-title=Essays on the history of Nizhny during the Cossack period. Collection of publications and materials |date=2019 |publisher=Nizhin state University named after Mykola Gogol |place=Nizhyn |page=142 |isbn=978-617-640-459-0 |language=uk |url=http://lib.ndu.edu.ua/dspace/handle/123456789/1849}}{{cite journal |last1=Rostovska |first1=Olha |last2=Zhelezko |first2=Roman |editor1-last=Posohkhov |editor1-first=S. |date=2010 |title=Події 1657—1663 років на Ніжинщині: українсько-російське протистояння та громадянська війна в Україні |trans-title=Events in the 1657–1663 in Nizhyn region: Ukrainian-Russian confrontation and civil war in Ukraine |journal=Sìverânsʹkij lìtopis |language=uk |issue=9 (12) |place=Kyiv |pages=84 |issn=2078-063X |isbn=978-966-8999-16-1 }} He appointed Yakiv Skydan to lead the regiment.{{cite journal |last=Rostovska |first=Olha |date=1999 |title=Ніжинський козацький полк |trans-title=Nizhyn cossack regiment |journal=Sìverânsʹkij lìtopis |language=uk |issue=3 |pages=84 |issn=2518-7422}} The regiment fought in the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667). During the winter of 1663-64 campaign by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth king John II Casimir Vasa and Great Hetman of Lithuania Paweł Jan Sapieha led a large force to fight the Russian forces. Skydan with the regiment was stationed in Berezna and later led raid against Commonwealth baggage train.{{cite journal|last=Dendak |first=A. |editor1-last=Melnychuk |editor1-first=O. |editor2-last=Samoilenko |editor2-first=H. |display-editors=1 |year=2018 |title=Сосницький Полк та Яків Скидан у Бойових Діях 1663 – 1664 рр. |trans-title=Sosnytsia Regiment and Yakiv Skydan in the Battles of 1663-1664. |language=uk |journal=Herald of student scientific society|issue=19 |publisher=Nizhin state University named after Mykola Gogol |place=Nizhyn |pages=45-52 |url=http://www.ndu.edu.ua/storage/styd_visnuk/visnuk_stud_tov_19_2018.pdf |access-date=November 24, 2022}} In January 1664, Yakiv Skydan with a force of 600 cavalry attacked Commonwealth units led by Sapieha near Sosnytsia. He was defeated and captured.{{Cite book |last=Rousseau de La Valette |first=Michel |title=Casimir Roy De Pologne |trans-title=Casimir King of Poland |date=1679 |publisher=Chez Thomas Amaulry |place=Lyon |page=186 |volume=II |language=fr |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA186#v=onepage&q=186&f=false)}}{{Cite book |last=Lunyak |first=Yevhen |title=Козацька Україна XVI-XVIII ст. очима французьких сучасників |trans-title=Cossack Ukraine of the XVI-XVIII centuries. through the eyes of French contemporaries |date=2013 |publisher=Nizhin state University named after Mykola Gogol |place=Nizhyn |page=86 |isbn= 978-617-527-108-7 |language=uk |url=http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/UKR0002844}} Later Skydan was executed by impalement. Kostomarov lists John III Sobieski as commander of forces who defeated Skydan.{{Cite book |last=Kostomarov |first=Nikolay |title=Руина |trans-title=Ruin |date=1995 |publisher=Charli |place=Moscow |page=26 |isbn=5-86859-0-18-X |language=ru |url=https://ru.m.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2}}
In 1668, the regiment was again disbanded by Demian Mnohohrishny.
In 1668, the regiment was again disbanded by Petro Doroshenko after his to campaign to Left-bank Ukraine. The Sosnytsia sotnia was again transferred to Chernihiv Regiment as it was in 1649.
Zaruba lists Petro Doroshenko as person who disbanded the regiment on Sosnytsia sotnia page,{{sfn|Zaruba|2007|pp=204-205}} and Demian Mnohohrishny on Sosnytsia Regiment page.{{sfn|Zaruba|2007|p=92}}
Structure
The regiment comprised 4 sotnias during 1648-1649:{{sfn|Zaruba|2007|p=92}}
- Sosnytsia 1st
- Sosnytsia 2nd
- Volynka
- Kyselivka
The regiments composition during 1658-1663 is unknown.
Commanders
- Leontii Rukashka 1648-1649{{Cite book |last=Panashenko |first=Vira |title=Полкове управління в Україні (середина XVII-XVIII ст.) |trans-title=Regimental administration in Ukraine (mid-17th-18th centuries) |date=1997 |publisher=Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |place=Kyiv |page=57 |isbn=5-7702-1083-4 |language=uk |url=http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/UKR0002195}}
- Yurii Khmelnytsky 1648-1649{{sfn|Zaruba|2007|pp=92, 346}}
- Yakiv Skydan July 1663-January 1664
- Fedir Kholod 1664-1668{{Cite book |last=Krjvosheja |first=Volodymyr |title=Козацька еліта Гетьманщини |trans-title=Cossack elite of the Hetmanate |date=2008 |place=Kyiv |page=188 |isbn= 978-966-02-4850-2 |language=uk}}
Krjvosheja lists Yakiv Skydan as a colonel from 1662 to September 1663, while also listing him as Yatsko, which is a different version of the name Yakiv. {{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}} Gajecky spells his name as Iakiv. Myshanych also writes that Skydan was a colonel during 1648-1649. He also gives name for Rukashka as Rakushka.{{cite journal |last= Myshanych|first= Yaroslav|date= 2019|title= Українська історіографічна проза XVIII – першої половини XIX ст. в оцінці Михайла Максимовича|trans-title= Ukrainian Historiographic Prose of the 18th – the First Half of the 19th century in Assessment of Mykhailo Maksymovych|url= https://il-journal.com/index.php/journal/issue/view/126/10_2019|language= uk|journal= Slovo i Chas|doi= 10.33608/0236-1477.2019.10.3-13|volume= 10|issue = 706|pages= 54|access-date= January 24, 2023}}
Yakiv Skydan was a registered cossack of 2nd Irkliiv sootnia of the Kropyvna Regiment in 1649.{{sfn|Panashenko|Strashko|Ostash|Ostash|1995|p=356}}
References
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{{Cossack Regiments}}