Borzna Regiment

Borzna Regiment Борзнянський полк
Coat of Arms
Active	1648—1649 1654—1655
Country	Cossack Hetmanate
Type	Cossack Regiment
Size	9 sotnias (1648) 5 sotnias (1654)
Garrison/HQ	Borzna, Ukraine
Engagements	Khmelnytsky Uprising Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) 3rd siege of Bykhaw
Commanders
Notable commanders	Petro Zabila

The Borzna Regiment (Ukrainian: Борзнянський полк, romanized: Borznianskyi polk) was one the territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Borzna, now in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine.

Regiment was raised by colonel Petro Zabila on territory of Borzna Volost in 1648, during Khmelnytsky Uprising.[1] Shortly after Treaty of Zboriv, in 1649, the regiment was disbanded. The regiments sotnias were all transferred to Chernihiv Regiment.

The regiment was reactivated in 1654 as part of preparations for Invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with colonel Petro Zabila becoming commander once again. The regiment tok part in third siege of Bykhaw in October 1654.[2] Zabila was replaced as colonel of the regiment by Samiilo Kurbatskyi in 1655.[1][3] After its abolishment in 1655, all of the sotnias were transferred to Nizhyn Regiment.

Structure

The regiment comprised 9 sotnias during 1648-1649:

• Borzna
• Ivanhorod
• Syvolozh
• Bakhmach
• Olenivka
• Baturyn
• Konotop
• Korop
• Hlukhiv

The regiment comprised 5 sotnias during 1654-1655:

• Borzna 1
• Borzna 2
• Bakhmach
• Kustovka
• Nove Misto

Commanders

All commanders were Colonels.[1]

• Petro Zabila 1648-1649, 1654-1655
• Samiilo Kurbatskyi 1655

References

1. Gajecky, George (1978). The Cossack administration of the Hetmanate. Vol. II. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. p. 637. ISBN 0-916458-02-4.
2. Hrushevsky, Mykhailo (1956). History of Ukraine-Rusʹ (in Ukrainian). Vol. IX. New York: Knyho-spilka. p. 936.
3. Hrushevsky, Mykhailo (1956). History of Ukraine-Rusʹ (in Ukrainian). Vol. IX. New York: Knyho-spilka. p. 1153.

Sources

• Заруба, Віктор (2007), Адміністративно-територіальний устрій та адміністрація Війська Запорозького у 1648-1782 рр. [Administrative-territorial structure and administration of the Zaporizhzhya Army in 1648-1782.] (in Ukrainian), Dnipro: Lira, ISBN 978-966-383-095-7
• Bodyansky, Osip (1974), РЕЕСТРА ВСЕГО ВОЙСКА ЗАПОРОЖСКАГО ПОСЛѢ ЗБОРОВСКАГО ДОГОВОРА [Register of all Zaporozhian Host after Treaty of Zboriv] (in Russian), Moscow: Imperial Moscow University