Information on the regiments of General, Count P. I. Panin

В основной своей массе, полки, вошедшие в состав Второй армии Петра Панина являлись полками так называемой Украинской линии, созданной еще Петром Первым для защиты южных рубежей страны от набегов татар и поляков. Как правило, эти полки являлись полками ландмилиции, так называемыми поселенными полками, привязанными к одной, определенной территории. Среди иррегулярных полков, также много подразделений приходились на ландмилицию, однако были и такие, которые создавались еще Богданом Хмельницким, в основной своей массе – малороссийские и компанейские. Часть полков составляли полки нового территориального образования-Новой Сербии, созданной переселенцами из Сербии, а именно Райко Прерадовичем и Иваном Шевичем, перебравшихся в Россию со значительным числом своих одноплеменников. Значительную часть войска составили донские казаки, в составе которых были также и калмыцкие подразделения.

Rostov Carabinieri Regiment

Сформирован в августе 1706 года как драгунский полковника Тихона Стрешнева полк в Москве боярином Стрешневым из разночинцев украинских городов, монастырских слуг и боярских людей. С 30 марта 1756 года полк был переформирован в составе двух гренадерских и 10 драгунских рот с приданием полку артиллерийской команды. До 1763 года полк был драгунским. С 14 января 1763 года назван Ростовским карабинерным полком. В 1766 году был введен в состав Украинской дивизии с постоянной дислокацией в городе Стародубове. Из литературы известно, что полк при штурме Бендерской крепости захватил одну из батарей противника.  С 1796 года опять назван драгунским. В 1800 году был расформирован и направлен для усиления других драгунских полков.

Yamburg Carabinieri Regiment

It was formed in 1707 as the Ustyug Dragoon Regiment from recruits from townspeople. From November 1712 it was named the Yamburg Dragoon Regiment. On January 14, 1763, it was named the Yamburg Carabinieri Regiment, consisting of five squadrons of two companies each. In 1766, the regiment became part of the Ukrainian division, stationed in the city of Bubnov.

Pskov Carabinieri Regiment 

В июле 1701 г. начальником Казанского и Астраханского приказов боярином князем Борисом Алексеевичем Голицыным сформирован в Москве в Золотой Палате из дворян, рейтар и их детей-недорослей – заоцких, подмосковных и низовых городов 10-ротный драгунский полк, названный по имени его первого командира драгунским полком полковника Федора Аристовича Новикова. 10 марта 1708 года полк получил название – Псковский драгунский полк. С 14 января 1763 года- Псковский карабинерный полк, приведен в состав пяти эскадронов.  

In 1766, the regiment became part of the Ukrainian division, stationed in Poltava. In 1769, the commander of the regiment was the brigadier, Prince Ivan Bagration. Of the famous people, in 1778, the young cornet M.I. came to serve in the regiment. Barclay de Tolly.  

Borisoglebsky Dragoon Regiment

It was created on January 15, 1731 as the Borisoglebsk cavalry regiment of the Ukrainian Land Militia.[1] (поселенное войско) в г. Борисоглебск. 19 марта 1736 года полк был переформирован в конный. С 15 декабря 1763 года Борисоглебский драгунский ландмилицкий полк.  Состав полка – штаб и две драгунские роты. К 1766 году вошел в состав Украинской дивизии, был расквартирован в Харькове. 16 января 1769 года назван Борисоглебским драгунским полком, передислоцирован в г. Переславль. Во время похода на Бендеры был приравнен к пехотным полкам. До Бендер, кроме охраны украинской линии в сражениях и боях не участвовал. В 1775 году присоединен к Астраханскому драгунскому для его усиления.

Astrakhan Dragoon Regiment

The regiment under this name is listed in the Second Army of P. Panin in the order for the troops, but it is very difficult to determine which particular regiment in question. According to service and viewing lists of the Russian army for the period from 1730 to 1796, the Russian army included eight regiments, called Astrakhan. Three dragoons, one of which is a garrison; 2 grenadiers, one of which is an equestrian grenadier; 1 carabinieri and 2 infantry. But, directly to the company 1769-1770. a regiment with that name is not listed in the army. At the same time, none of the Astrakhan regiments was part of the Ukrainian division. This, most likely, is about the Astrakhan Infantry Regiment, later the Astrakhan Grenadier Regiment, which was formed on June 25, 1700 by Prince Trubetskoy from 850 recruits in Novgorod as an infantry regiment of Roman Bruce, consisting of two battalions. Before the events described, he changed his name to the Vologda and 2nd St. Petersburg Infantry Regiment, but on July 5, 1762, his first name was returned to him. Since 1757 he was stationed in the city of Velikiye Luki.

С 1730 по 1770 год командиром полка был полковник Гудович И.В., из знаменитых людей, в 1783 году в полку начал службу рядовым князь П.И. Багратион. В период 1762-63 гг. шефом полка был Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich, therefore, in some documents, the regiment is called Suvorov.

2nd Grenadier Infantry Regiment

(later 2nd Tauride Grenadier and 6th Tauride Grenadier Regiment)

Один из четырех полков, сформированных 30 марта 1756 г. при восстановлении в России отдельных гренадерских частей. Сформирован из гренадерских рот, отчисленных от Санкт-Петербургского, Новгородского, Сибирского, Азовского, Воронежского и др.  пехотных полков как 2-й гренадерский полк, в составе двух батальонов по 5 рот. Первоначально был расквартирован в Ревеле, а затем под Ригой. В Бендерах помимо общих задач, также охранял Главную квартиру армии.  

Voronezh Infantry Regiment

The regiment was formed in Moscow by General Veide on June 25, 1700, consisting of 10 companies, under the name of the infantry regiment Fyodor Balk.

Вейде после смерти Ф. Лефорта в марте 1699 года принял в командование Лефортовским полком и был пожалован в бригадир-генералы. В 1703 г. при полку была сформирована гренадерская рота; 10 марта 1708 г. полк назван Воронежским пехотным полком.

С 16 февраля по 13 ноября 1727 г. полк носил название 5-го Московского пехотного полка. 28 октября 1731 г. гренадерская рота была упразднена и полк был приведён в состав 8 фузилерских рот, с 25 апреля по 5 июля 1762 г. он стал мушкетерским генерал-фельдмаршала принца фон Гольштейна полком. 14 января 1763 г. полк приведён в состав 2 батальонов с артиллерийской командой. Впоследствии полк, в связи с передачей своих батальонов для пополнения Азовского и Моршанского пехотных полков, перестал существовать под своим именем. Именно Моршанский полк ведет свое старшинство от Воронежского полка.

Chernihiv Infantry Regiment

Также, как и Воронежский полк был сформирован генералом Вейде 25 июня 1700 года под именем пехотного фон Шведена полка в составе 10 рот. В 1705 году назывался пехотным Гассениуса, а с 10 марта 1708 года Черниговским пехотным полком. Также в своей истории носил имя Углицского пехотного полка.  По комплектованию полностью повторяет Воронежский полк. В истории полк известен тем, что поддержал восстание декабристов в 1725 году, ведомый подполковниками Муравьевым-Апостоловым и Бестужевым. и в январе 1826 года был разгромлен правительственными войсками, вследствие чего был переформирован, более 800 человек полка были разжалованы в солдаты и сосланы на Кавказ.

Belevsky (Beletsky) Infantry Regiment

The regiment was formed as a result of the general reformation of the Russian army on December 15, 1763, consisting of two battalions, each of which had 1 grenadier and 5 musketeer companies, and was included in the Ukrainian landmilitsky corps. A regiment was formed from small landed nobles, later deprived of their noble rank and called one-palaces - one of the categories of state peasants, formed to carry out sentinel and guard service on the southern border, obliged to serve for 15 years. The final name of the regiment
received January 16, 1769. Since 1765, the regiment was commanded by Colonel Nikolai Glebov. The campaign against Bendery was the first baptism of fire for the regiment. From the journal of military operations and the history of the regiment, it is known that upon arrival in Bender, when the army was crossing the Bik River, he took part in repulsing the attack of the Turkish cavalry. Also, a special detachment was allocated from this regiment to strengthen the corps of General Kamensky for the siege of the fortress from the east, on the left side of the Dniester River.

Of the famous personalities on April 7, 1795, Brigadier Prince Dmitry Semenovich Lvov was appointed commander of the Belevsky regiment.

Bryansk Infantry Regiment

Как и многие вышеперечисленные полки этот полк был сформирован 4 апреля 1723 года как полк Украинской ландмилиции, под именем полковника Иваненкова полк. Свое постоянное название получил 16 февраля 1727 года, как и остальные пять подобных вновь сформированных полков,  по месту своего расквартирования. Полк был конным и разделен на 10 рот. Числилось в нем по штату 1500 человек, но по спискам на 1732 год личный состав составлял 1053 единицы. Первоначально полк был сформирован из новобранцев, рекрутированных в большинстве своем из городов (местечек) Хотмыжск, Рыльск, Вольный и Мирополь.  Впоследствии, временно система комплектования ландмилицких полков стала носить определенно-территориальный характер и в этом полку могли служить только выходцы из брянских земель.

The newly formed regiments, including the Bryansk Regiment, entered the Ukrainian division, transferred to the command of the general-in-chief, the governor-general of Little Russia, the president of the Little Russian collegium, the head of the Little Russian regiments and Zaporozhye Cossacks, Count P. A. Rumyantsev. By the same decree, the division was ordered to be completed, as before the Ukrainian corps, with South Russian odnodvortsy. Before the start of the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774, seeing the insufficient training of these regiments, Rumyantsev from 1769 began to transform them into infantry and dragoon regiments with appropriate training and education. After the capture of Bender, on November 8, 1770, all the regiments of the landmilitia were brought by state to the usual old army regiments.

It was this regiment that gave its ribbons from the banners to the newly formed Bryansk Infantry Regiment in 1806.

Yelets Infantry Regiment

In fact, the regiment was formed on February 2, 1713, when Peter I established settled troops to protect the southern border of the state. Then the infantry regiments of Zhdanov, Grigorov, Vorontsov, Bulart and Postelnikov were formed with the addition of dragoons, soldiers, Cossacks and artillerymen to reinforce the garrison troops of the Kiev province, reorganized into 7 foot regiments (100 people each) and it was they who formed this settled army. On December 15, 1763, during the reorganization of the Ukrainian corps, consisting of 20 cavalry regiments, one Borisoglebsky cavalry and 10 foot regiments were created, one of which was Yelets. It was formed as part of two battalions, each of which had one grenadier and five musketeer companies. It is from this date that the regiment conducts its seniority. 

It received its name on the basis of the Decree of the Senate of December 11, 1732, No. 6279, like other regiments of the Land Militia. January 16, 1769 the regiment was named Yelets Infantry. In the statement of the church of the regiment, preserved in the archive, there is such an entry: “ On January 16, 1769, the Yelets regiment was named infantry and at the beginning of the same 1769 participated in repelling the Crimean Tatars' raid on Little Russia, and then participated in the siege of the Bendery fortress and taking it by storm. On September 15/16, 1770, before the offensive, a prayer service was performed by the regimental priest. This information is taken from the description of the war with the Turks of 1769-1774. There is information in the sources that near Bendery in 1770, the grenadier companies of the regiment took part in the battles with the Turks, and during the assault, two companies of the regiment distinguished themselves in the assault column of Colonel Wasserman.

Kozlovsky Infantry Regiment

In 1657, as a result of the military-administrative reform, which assumed the creation and permanent existence of a large military unit of the Belgorod regiment, in Yablonov, near Belgorod, units were created from the settled regiments of Alexander Krafet, Yagan Krafet and John Leslie, created earlier in 1653. These regiments, as a militia, had already managed to take part in the war with Poland in 1654, at the end of which they were disbanded to their homes.

It was then, in 1657, that the 3rd Kozlovsky Soldiers' Regiment was created and was commanded by Colonel J. Ronort. It included mainly old soldiers recruited in 1653, as well as boyar children. The initial strength of the Kozlovsky regiment was 1575 people.

После стрелецкого бунта и его подавления многие старые полки были распущены. В 1711 году были учреждены в России постоянные гарнизоны, в которые входили оставшиеся от прежнего времени стрелецкие и рейтарские полки, а также гусары, копейщики и городовые казаки. Гарнизонные полки назывались по именам провинций и городов. В это время был образован Козловский гарнизонный полк, который вместе с Танбовским (Тамбовским) и другими полками (Короткоякский, Елецкий, Павловский) находились в составе гарнизона Осередской крепости (ныне г. Павловск Воронежской области). Позже полк был переименован в 3-й Симбирский, далее Белгородский гарнизонный полк получил название Козловский, а Симбирский стал Самарским.  В 1732 году полк стал именоваться гарнизонный Козловский пехотный полк. 15 декабря 1763 года – составлявшие Украинскую Ландмилицию двадцать конных полков переформированы в одиннадцать пеших и один конный, в их число попал и Козловский.
The first battalion of the Kozlovsky regiment was settled at the fortress of St. Fyodor, the second - at the Kozlovsky fortress. In 1742, the regiment consisted of 1386 people, 87% of which were recruited from Kozlov.

Kursk Infantry Regiment

In fact, it was formed as a landmilitsky regiment in 1725 under the name of the Kigich regiment. Kursk got its name on November 6, 1727. On January 15, 1731, he became part of the Ukrainian Land Militia of the South of Russia. The history of the regiment is in many ways similar to the Landmilitia regiments listed above. The seniority of the regiment is indicated from October 1, 1763, when the Kursk Regiment of the Ukrainian Corps was officially formed. Subsequently, he gave his battalions to replenish the Smolensk and Yaroslavl regiments, it is the latter who leads his seniority from the Kursk regiment.

Oryol Infantry Regiment

Первое воинское формирование в русской армии, носившее наименование «Орловского», было образовано в соответствии с Указом императора Петра II от 6 ноября 1727 г. Этот нормативный акт был предназначен для упорядочения дел в украинской ландмилиции — оригинальном элементе военной организации Российской империи, с перерывами существовавшем в 1713—1763 гг.

Согласно его положениям все имевшиеся на то время ландмилицкие полки стали именоваться не по именам сформировавших их командиров, а по названиям южнорусских городов или уездов. Так, конный полк Львова теперь получил наименование «Орловского конного полка». На 1732 год полк имел численность в 1046 чел. (2 батальона) и был сформирован, в основном, из рекрутов г. Воронеж и Старый Оскол. Первый батальон полка был заселен близ новой крепости Орловской, названной в честь полка, второй в крепости Св. Параскевы. По штатам, утвержденным в 1734 г.,

Орловский конный полк должен был иметь 1077 человек, в том числе 4 штаб- и 29 обер-офицеров, 70 унтер-офицеров и капралов, 880 нижних чинов и 31 музыканта. Старшинство полк ведет от 15 декабря 1763 года, когда он стал именоваться Орловским пехотным. Тогда уже Орловский пехотный полк состоял из двух батальонов по шесть рот в каждом. Одна из рот батальона была ударной — гренадерской, остальные — мушкетерскими. Из литературы известно, что гренадеры Орловского полка отличились при штурме турецкой крепости Бендеры 15—16 сентября 1770 г.

Ryazhsky Infantry Regiment

It was formed from odnodvortsev by decree of January 15, 1731, among 14 cavalry regiments of the Ukrainian Land Militia to protect the southern border. December 11, 1732 it was reorganized into foot. In 1733, the regiment had a strength of only 603 people. from the recruits of the city of Kozlov and Ryazhsk. 

The first battalion was settled near the fortress of the same name, the second at the Vasilievskaya fortress.

On March 19, 1736, he was again mounted, part of the newly created Ukrainian landmilitsky corps, settled on the Ukrainian line. On December 15, 1763, the Ryazhsky regiment was reorganized into an unsettled foot regiment. From this day on, the seniority of the regiment is calculated as an infantry regiment of the regular army. The regiment consisted of 2 battalions, 10 fusilier companies and 1 artillery team. On January 16, 1769, the regiment became officially called an infantry regiment, the battalions began to consist of 1 grenadier and 5 musketeer companies.

The regiment from 1766 was part of the 8th Ukrainian division. The city of Lubny was determined as the place of his permanent registration. The commander of the regiment from 1764 to 1770 was Colonel (since 1768 foreman) Bogdan Ivanovich Wasserman, who received the rank of major general in 1770 "for Bendery" and one of the 1st who became a Knight of the Order of St. George 4th class.

The regiment subsequently gave its seniority to the newly formed 70th Ryazhsky Infantry Regiment.

Sevsky Infantry Regiment

To the report submitted in 1732 by General Count Weisbach to the Military Collegium on the renaming of 20 landmilitsky regiments, a register of regiments was attached, which were supposed to have the names of Ukrainian cities. This register also mentioned the landmilitsky cavalry regiment, located in the city of Sevsk. In 1732, the personnel of the regiment was 1001 people, recruited from the recruits of the cities of Livna and Orel. It was formed simultaneously with Rylsky, Kursk and Belgorod. In 1775, the staff of the regiment was already 1229 people from the recruits of the cities of Kursk and Oboyan. Completely repeats the history of the above infantry regiments. He also leads his seniority from December 15, 1763, when the Sevsky regiment was formed among the foot regiments of the Ukrainian Corps, consisting of 2 battalions, each with 1 grenadier and 5 musketeer companies.
01/16/1769 - Sevsky Infantry Regiment.

He gave his seniority to the 34th Infantry Sevsky Count Kamensky Regiment. It is known from sources that in 1770 the commander of the regiment was Colonel David Magabeli. 

Stary Oskol Infantry Regiment

Сформирован как конный ландмилицкий 15 января 1731 года. Упоминается одновременно с Брянским и Ливенским полком. Как и вышеперечисленные полки имел два батальона. Тогда же был сформирован и Новоосколький полк, поселенный в Новом Осколе. Как и вышеперечисленные полки 15 января 1763 г. превращён в пеший, а в 1770 г. приписан к полевым полкам. На 1770 год командиром полка был полковник Павлов. Полк дал свое старшинство 114-му Новоторжскому пехотному полку.

Tambov Infantry Regiment

Формировался также как конный ландмилицкий 15 января 1731 года, упоминается вместе с Козловским и Ефремовским полками.  Известно, что 1775 год в полку было всего 222 человека из рекрутов города Тамбова. Один из батальонов  был поселен при крепости Тамбовской на реке Бузовой (ныне Харьковская обл.), другой при крепости Св. Петра. Также, как и вышеперечисленные полки в 1763 году превращен в пеший, а в 1770 году приписан к полевым полкам.

In 1770, the commander of the regiment was Colonel Matthias Miller, commander of the central assault column, which moved into the breach on the Bendery fortress and who died one of the first to climb the ramparts of the fortress. From the battalions of the regiment, the 27th and 28th Jaeger regiments were subsequently formed.

Sumy Hussar Regiment

On June 27, 1651, the Sumy Sloboda Cherkassy Cossack Regiment was formed from the "Cherkas" who made up the population of the Sloboda-Ukrainian region and originated from Little Russian immigrants who fled from Polish oppression. In 1731, a regular company of 100 people was established under the regiment. 03/03/1765 - ordered the governor of the Sloboda-Ukrainian province, Prime Major of the Life Guards of the Izmailovsky regiment Shcherbinin in Sumy, to reorganize the regiment with the addition of ranks from the Black, Moldavian, Serbian and Georgian hussar regiments to the Sumy hussar regiment.

Из литературы известно, что  в  1769 году, принимая участие в первой русско-турецкой войне, сумские гусары под командованием полковника Т.И. Тутолмина отличились в бою под Бендерами, где, потеряв только 20 человек, уничтожили большое количество турок и захватили 4 тысячи пленных и 600 лошадей. 

In 1770, the entire Russian army learned about the regiment. A detachment of Sumy hussars under the command of Second Major Dedevshin was surrounded by 10 thousand Tatars, but literally cut through their system, losing 177 people killed and 26 wounded. Having destroyed a large number of askers, including seven murzas, the hussars captured the enemy banner. This case, however, was far from the only feat. At the end of the war in 1773, the commander of the army, Count P.I. Panin, personally introduced the Sumy Hussar Regiment to Empress Catherine II. It was then that the affectionately respectful nickname "Sums daring" was assigned to the Sumy hussars. Subsequently, Ya.P. served in the fourth squadron of the regiment. Kulnev.

Izyum Hussar Regiment

On June 27, 1651, the Izyum Sloboda Cossack Regiment was formed from immigrants from Little Russia, who settled in settlements on the right bank of the Northern Donets and along the banks of the Izyumets River. The main purpose of the Sloboda regiments was to protect the southern borders of Russia. At the same time, the Slobozhans ran a household and lived in families. Since 1651, the seniority of the regiment has been going on.

Soon it began to be called Kharkov Sloboda, and since 1688 it regained its name again (Colonel Konstantin Donets-Zakharzhevsky). In 1662 and 1666, the Sloboda regiments repulsed the raids of the Crimean Tatars, and in 1668, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich awarded letters of commendation for loyalty and courage. In 1695 and 1698, the Izyumians recaptured a number of Tatar fortresses on the Danube and operated near Perekop. In 1733, the regular strength of the regiment was 800 Cossacks. In 1765, a new stage in the life of the regiment began, on March 3 it was renamed the Hussar (Colonel Zorich), with a staff of six squadrons in the amount of 1034 people (based on the approved report of the Military Commission “On the establishment of five field Hussar regiments from the Sloboda regiments, on recruiting and their content). In 1768, Field Marshal Count Rumyantsev recognized the Izyum regiment as the best in Little Russia. In 1770, the commander of the regiment was Lieutenant Colonel Akim Bedryaga.

Black and Yellow (Gold) Hussars

24 декабря 1751 г. и 11 января 1752 года, полковником австрийской армии Хорватом были образованы два гусарских полка, названных Пандурскими (от местечка Пандур в Венгрии). Все полки состояли из 20 рот. Для поселения им назначили земли между речками Амельники и Каварлык (притоки Днепра), которые повелено называть Новой Сербией. В 1764 году два пандурских полка, вместе с Новомиргородским гарнизоном и сербскими гусарами, переформировываются в три поселённых конных полка: Чёрный и Жёлтый гусарские и Екатеринославский пикинерный. Желтый гусарский полк впоследствии был расформирован 24 декабря 1776 года, как и Черный гусарский полк, известный еще и как полк генерала Мегульнова.

Bakhmutsky (Bakhmuchesky) hussar regiment

Как уже было сказано выше, в 1754 году сербами Райко Прерадовичем и Иваном Шевичем были образовано 2 гусарских полка по 1 тысяче человек в каждом, которые в 1764 году были объединены в один — Бахмутский гусарский полк. Рот (поселений) в полку было 16. Местность, заселённая поселёнными полками Прерадовича и Шевича, получила название Славяносербия. Она не входила в состав губернии, а непосредственно подчинялась Военной коллегии. Для организации поселения, комплектования и содержания поселённых гусарских полков Военной коллегией в 1753 году была учреждена Славяносербская комиссия. Она располагалась в городе Бахмут, который не входил в состав Славяносербии. Существовала также должность начальника Славяносербии, которую в начале занимал Райко Депрерадович, а затем Иван Шевич. Полк, как и Желтый с Черным полком был расформирован в 1776 году, в связи с ликвидацией Запорожской Сечи и созданием новых поселенных полков.

Lugansk Pike Regiment

Как уже было сказано выше полк был создан в 1764 году  из расформированных сербских пандурских полков и Бахмутского конного казачьего полка, состоявших из русских, сербов, греков, македонцев, болгар, молдаван, турок и так далее, составлявших так называемых бахмутских, мояцких и торских казаков. Полк был расселен вдоль Лугани в Славяносербии. Административно Луганский полк входил в состав Бахмутской провинции Новороссийской губернии вместе с Бахмутским и Самарским гусарскими полками. При обмундировании использовали желтое сукно и черный кушак. Из знаменитых личностей в 1777 году полком командовал полковник М.И. Кутузов. Впоследствии из этого и Полтавского полка был сформирован Мариупольский легкоконный полк в шести эскадронах.

Donetsk pike regiment

Formed in 1764 and settled over the Seversky Donets. It included 5 fortresses (shants) of the former Ukrainian line: Belevskaya, Praskoveyskaya, Petrovskaya, Kozlovskaya and Ryazhenaya. It also included 5 hundred annexed from Little Russia: Nekhvoroshchanskaya, Mayatskaya, Tsarichanskaya, Kitaygorodskaya and Orelskaya. Administratively, the regiment was part of the Ekaterininsky province of the Novorossiysk province, together with the Dnieper pike regiment and the settlements of Vodolag. Bilyovskaya fortress of the Donetsk regiment was at the same time the center of the Catherine's province. The Donetsk Regiment, in particular, included the Bilevskaya, Kozlovskaya, Ryazhskaya, Nekhvoroschanskaya, Mayatskaya, Kitaygorodskaya, Tsarichanskaya, Orlitskaya, Praskoveyskaya and Petrovskaya companies.

A quarter of each company was Fusiliers on foot. The rest are mounted pikemen armed with pikes, sabers and carbines. From the literature it is known that the regiment especially distinguished itself during the capture of the Bendery fortress in 1770.

For uniforms, blue cloth and a black sash were used. On December 24, 1776, the regiment was renamed Yekaterinoslav, in 1783 the regiment was disbanded, and the personnel went to replenish the Pavlograd Light Horse Regiment. 

Dnieper Pike Regiment

Created on June 9, 1764, settled along the Dnieper from the source of Samara to the border of the former New Serbia. It included 10 Little Russian hundreds of predominantly southern Poltava regiments: Starosenzharskaya, Novosenzharskaya, Belitskaya, Kobelyatskaya, Sokolskaya, Kishenskaya, Perevolochanskaya, Keleberdyanskaya, Kremenchugskaya and Vlasovskaya. Administratively, the regiment was part of the Ekaterininsky province of the Novorossiysk province, together with the Donetsk pike regiment and the settlements of Old and New Vodolagi.

The regiment was divided into 20 companies. The organization of the companies was the same as that of the Donetsk regiment. Former soldiers of the hussar regiments of Slavic Serbia also served in it. For uniforms, green cloth and a black sash were used. In 1783 the regiment was also disbanded.

Elisavetgrad Pike Regiment

Named after the fortress of St. Elisabeth (Elizabeth), founded on December 29, 1751 to protect New Serbia. Like the above regiments, this regiment was also formed in 1764, in accordance with the project for the establishment of the Novorossiysk Land Militia, to form a settled lancer regiment armed with sabers and pikes from the personnel of the Novoserbian companies - settlements (shants) of the Elisavetgrad region. It was deployed on the territory of the central part of the modern Kirovograd region and the eastern part of the modern Dnepropetrovsk region. It included 20 companies - settlements, of which 17 names are known: Murzinka, Bishkov, Ovnyansk, Kulakov, Chervonokamensk, Popelnasta, Orlinskaya, Kutsevolovka, Mishurin Rog, Dereevka, Yellow, Green, Verblyuzhka, Spasovka, Vershinokamensk, Novaya Adzhamka, Adzhamka. When wearing uniforms, he had an oblique instrument cloth and a yellow sash.

The settled regiment was disbanded in 1783, it was succeeded by the Elisavetgrad Light Horse Regiment, which became a hussar regiment in 1796 (since 1801, the Elisavetgrad Hussar Regiment).

Don Cossack Host - the most numerous of the Cossack troops of the Russian Empire.

The Don Cossack army has been the first in terms of seniority in the Cossack troops since January 3, 1570, when the Don Cossacks received the first royal letter from Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Since ancient times, the Don army has been divided: Cossacks "mounted" and "grassroots". Military holiday on October 14, the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. The headquarters of the Don Cossack army was located in the city of Novocherkassk.

The Don army is located on the territory called the Don Army Region, which occupied the modern Rostov and Volgograd regions, the north of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, as well as parts of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.

The historical name is associated with the Don River (basin of the Sea of Azov).

Mirgorod Little Russian Regiment

The territory of the Mirgorod regiment (territory) began to be settled in the first quarter of the 17th century, and already in 1625 a Cossack regiment was formed with a regimental center in Lubny. The regiment was supposed to protect the possessions of the family of the Vishnevetsky princes in the Left-Bank Ukraine from the Crimean raids. In 1638, the regiment was disbanded, and hundreds were included in the Chigirinsky and Pereyaslavsky regiments. At the beginning of the Khmelnytsky uprising in 1648, the regiment was restored by the rebellious Cossacks. On October 16, 1649, after the Treaty of Zboriv, the regiment received official status in the Commonwealth. According to the register of 1649, there were 16 hundreds in the regiment. In 1654, after the Pereyaslav Rada, according to the sworn lists, 4792 people swore allegiance to the regiment.

In 1723, the regiment had 15 hundreds, which consisted of 454 foot and 4386 horse Cossacks. In 1782, the Mirgorod regiment was disbanded, and its territories became part of the Kyiv governorship. In 1770, the regiment was commanded by Colonel Alexander Bezborodko.

Gadyachsky (Galitsky) Little Russian regiment

The Hadyatsky (Gadyachsky) Regiment is a military-administrative unit of the Hetmanate with its capital in Gadyach. The regiment was founded in 1648, disbanded several times and finally abolished in 1782. 

Сформированный в 1648 году, Гадячский полк уже в 1649 году по Зборовскому договору был расформирован, сотни полка были переданы Полтавскому полку, а на территории полка создано Гадячское староство в собственности гетмана Войска Запорожского.

• В 1658 году полк был восстановлен, но находился в подчинении миргородских полковников.
• In 1660, the Gadyach eldership was liquidated, and its territory was divided between the Mirgorod and Zenkovsky regiments.
• In 1672, the regimental center of the Zenkovsky regiment was moved to Gadyach and the former name was returned to the regiment.

По ревизии 1764 года в полку состояли: 21 сотня, 11 городов, 982 сел и хуторов. В полку было 21 986 выборных казаков. На 1770 год командиром полка был полковник Антон Кржижановский и наказным полковников (Врио командира) полковник Андрей Горленко.

Starodubovsky (Starodubsky) Little Russian Regiment

Административно-территориальная и войсковая единица Гетманщины, существовавшая с середины XVII века до 1781 года.

Regimental city - Starodub (now the regional center of the Bryansk region). The Starodubsky regiment was the most extensive of all ten regiments of Little Russia. It included the districts of two ancient centers of the Seversk land - Starodub and Novgorod-Seversky, each of which during the period of feudal fragmentation was the center of an independent principality. After the formation of the Russian and Lithuanian states, the Seversk land, located on their borders, drew upon itself the claim of both states.

Initially, the Starodubsky regiment consisted of 10 hundreds (regimental Starodubskaya, Novgorod-Severskaya, Sheptakovskaya, Pogarskaya, Pochepskaya, Mglinskaya, Drokovskaya, Popovogorskaya, Bobovitskaya and Topalskaya), later the hundredth division changed.

In 1763, two judicial districts were created on the territory of the regiment - Starodubsky and Pogarsky, and in 1766 three commissariats - Starodubsky, Topalsky and Novgorod-Seversky. According to the revision of 1764, the regiment had 12 hundreds, 7050 elected Cossacks, 18107 assistants and 147629 Commonwealth.

By the time the regiment was disbanded (1781), it included the following hundreds: two regimental Starodubsky, two Pochepsky, Novomestskaya, Topalskaya, Mglinskaya, Baklanskaya, Pogarskaya, Novgorodskaya (Novgorod-Severskaya) and Sheptakovskaya. At that moment, there were 4 cities, 3 towns and 1118 other settlements on the territory of the Starodub regiment.

In 1770, the regiment was temporarily commanded by Colonel Mikhailo Miklashevsky.

Chernihiv Little Russian Regiment

Территориально-военно-административная единица Войска Запорожского со столицей в Чернигове, созданная в 1648 году. Упразднён в 1781 году. Черниговский полк был основан весной 1648 года в ходе восстания Хмельницкого. Юридически территория и состав Черниговского полка были оформлены 16 октября 1649 года по Зборовскому реестру. В состав полка входили 997 казаков в 8 сотнях. По Зборовскому реестру в состав полка вошли территории упраздненных Борзнянского и Сосницкого полков. После Переяславской рады 1654 года значительное число сотен полка было переведено в Нежинский полк. С 1659 года в полку стали образовываться новые сотни и к 1672 году полк насчитывал 16 сотен. По ревизии 1764 года в полку было 9 838 выборных казаков, 19 810 помощников и 101 556 душ прочего населения в 18 сотнях. Полк был упразднен указом императрицы Екатерины II от 27 сентября 1781 года, а его территории вошли в состав Черниговского наместничества. На 1770 год полком командовал полковник Петр Милорадович.

Lubensky Little Russian Regiment

Administrative-territorial and military unit of the Hetmanate in the XVII-XVIII centuries, one of the 10 administrative-territorial Cossack regiments of the Hetmanate. The regimental center is the city of Lubny. The regiment was created in 1648. After the Zborovsky treaty of 1649, he was attached to the Mirgorod regiment. Rebuilt in 1658. The number of hundreds in a regiment varied from 13 in 1658 to 23 in the 18th century. In 1658, it included 7 hundreds of Mirgorodsky, 4 hundreds of Kropivnyansky and 2 hundreds of Poltava regiments.

According to the list of 1723, the regiment had 2687 foot and 3968 horse Cossacks.

As of 1781, the regiment included 23 hundreds: two regimental Lubensky, two Pyryatinsky, two Lokhvitsky, two Senchansky, Chernousskaya, Yangshipolskaya, Glinskaya, Romenskaya, Khmelevskaya, Smelyanskaya, Konstantinovskaya, Kurinskaya, Gorodiskaya, Snitinskaya, Lukomskaya, Goroshinskaya, Zhovninskaya, Chigirin-Dubrovskaya, Yablunivskaya. At that time, 21 towns and 1609 villages were located on the territory of the regiment. In connection with the liquidation of the regimental system in Ukraine in 1781, it ceased to exist. Its territory became part of the Kyiv and Chernigov governorships.

Nezhinsky Little Russian Regiment

The Nizhyn Regiment is an administrative and military unit of the City Host of the Zaporizhzhya Poland (registered) and the Zaporizhzhya Host (Hetmanate) of Russia, with the regiment's capital in the city of Nizhyn since 1649.

Other major cities of the Cherkasy regiment included Priluki, Glukhov and Baturyn. The last two at different times were the capitals of the Zaporizhzhya army (Hetmanate).

The Nezhinsky regiment was founded in 1648, in 1653 it expanded due to the addition of the neighboring Novgorod-Seversky regiment to it. During this period of time, the regiment consisted of ten hundred Cherkasy.

At the numerous requests of the Cossacks, in Moscow, it was decided by the Zemsky Sobor, on October 1, 1653, to accept the Zaporizhzhya Army with all the regiments into the citizenship of the Russian Tsar. In 1663, the newly formed Starodubsky regiment separated from the Nezhinsky regiment.

In Little Russia, with the judicial reform of 1763, the settled regiments were divided into povets (districts) according to court cases. The Nezhinsky regiment was divided into three districts. In each povet, a zemstvo court (povet zemstvo court) was established, located in the povet city.

In 1782, according to the decree of Catherine II, the regiment, as an administrative unit, was disbanded and included in the Chernihiv governorship. And from hundreds of regiments on June 28, 1783, the Nezhinsky cavalry regiment of the Little Russian cavalry was formed.

Companion Little Russian Regiment

"Okhotnitsky" (sociable and Serdyutsky) Cossack regiments existed in Little Russia in the 17th-18th centuries. The official date of formation of the company regiments is August 30, 1668. People from the Severu region (“sevryuks”), Poles, Moldavians and Serbs mainly went to serve in the companion regiments. The original purpose of the companions was only to carry out police duties, they also began to be used in the suppression of popular unrest. The companions often exceeded their power, carrying out riots and even murders, about which petitions regularly wrote to the Russian Tsar. These regiments were recruited by the hetman himself from “eager people” (mercenaries), did not have a specific territory, were named after the names of the colonels and were maintained at the expense of the combined arms, and then the state treasury.

In addition to the sociable regiments, Seryut regiments also appeared in Little Russia. Serdyuks (from Turkish sürtük "guide, spy", or angry, evil). The Serdyutsky infantry regiments were also maintained at the expense of the hetman's treasury and were the hetman's personal security guard.

Under Hetman Mazepa, by 1709 the number of such regiments had grown to 10 - 5 companions and 5 Serdyuts. There was also a regiment of the hetman's personal guard - "the company of the court banners." It was Mazepa who began to use these regiments as military ones.

From the middle of the XVIII century. the Don administration divided its wards into three uluses and several hundred, while the leader of the ulus was called the ataman, and the centurion was called the centurion. The Don Kalmyks, depending on the combined arms mobilization, were obliged to complete individual hundreds led by their owners (atamans) and replenish the composition of the Cossack regiments.  
Kalmyks appeared within Russia at the beginning of the 17th century. They migrated from the Dzungar Khanate and formed the Kalmyk Khanate in the lower reaches of the Volga River, which was strengthened under Ayuka Khan. Archival documents testify that the Kalmyks were called to the Don by local Cossacks to jointly fight the Crimean Tatars.