Nizhyn Regiment
| Nizhyn Regiment Ніжинський полк | |
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Coat of Arms of the regimental capital | |
| Active | 1648−1782 |
| Type | Cossack Regiment |
| Size | 10 sotnias, 991 Cossacks (1649) |
| Garrison/HQ | Nizhyn, Cossack Hetmanate |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Ivan Zolotarenko Vasyl Zolotarenko Hryhoriy Hulyanytsky |
| Chernihiv Regiment Ніжинський полк (Ukrainian) | |||||||||||
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| Regiment of Cossack Hetmanate | |||||||||||
| 1648–1782 | |||||||||||
Coat of arms
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Chernihiv Regiment (red) in the Cossack Hetmanate in 1660 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Nizhyn | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 1648 | |||||||||||
• Creation of Chernigov viceroyalty | 1782 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine | ||||||||||
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 northern Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were 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 capitals 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 Empress Catherine II. All of the regiment's territories were included into the Chernihiv Governorate.