Poltava Regiment
| Poltava Regiment Полтавський полк | |
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Regimental coat of arms | |
| Active | 1648–1775 |
| Country | Cossack Hetmanate |
| Type | Cossack Regiment |
| Size | 19 sotnias, 2970 Cossacks (1649) |
| Garrison/HQ | Poltava |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Martyn Pushkar Prokіp Levenets Ivan Iskra |
| Poltava Regiment Полтавський полк (Ukrainian) | |||||||||
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| Regiment of Cossack Hetmanate | |||||||||
| 1648–1775 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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Regiment's territory as of 1660 (in red) | |||||||||
| Capital | Poltava | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1648 | |||||||||
• Creation of Novorossiya Governorate | 1775 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine | ||||||||
The Poltava Regiment (Ukrainian: Полтавський полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Poltava, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine.