The Myrhorod Regiment was one of the 10 territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate

Cossack Hetmanate

The Hetmanate or Zaporizhian Host was the Ruthenian Cossack state in the Central Ukraine between 1649 and 1782.The Hetmanate was founded by first Ukrainian hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the Khmelnytsky Uprising . In 1654 it pledged its allegiance to Muscovy during the Council of Pereyaslav,...

. The regiment's capital was the city of Myrhorod

Myrhorod

Myrhorod or Mirgorod is a city in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorodskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the river Khorol.-History:The town was founded either in the 12th...

, now in Poltava Oblast

Poltava Oblast

Poltava Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava.Other important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny and Myrhorod.-Geography:...

 of central Ukraine

Ukraine

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The Myrhorod Regiment was founded in 1648. In 1649 the territory of Lubny Regiment

Lubny Regiment

The Lubny Regiment was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Lubny, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Pyriatyn, Hlynsk and Romny....

 was annexed to the Myrhorod Regiment. At that time the Regiment consisted of 16 sotnias. In 1658 part of the Regiment became recreated Lubny Regiment

Lubny Regiment

The Lubny Regiment was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Lubny, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Pyriatyn, Hlynsk and Romny....

. In 1672 a few sotnias from the Chyhyryn Regiment

Chyhyryn Regiment

The Chyhyryn Regiment was one of the seventeen territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Hetman State. The regiment's capital was the city of Chyhyryn, now in the Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine...

 were added to the regiments numbers.

During the 1774–1775 years, 4 sotnias from the regiment were added to Novorossiysk governorate.

In 1782 on the territories of the regiment were 12 towns and 1,271 villages. During this year the regiment was disbanded and all of its territories were annexed to Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 namestnichestvo.

Structure

During 1774—1775 the Regiment consisted of the following sotnias:

• Bila Tserkva
• Bohats
• Holtviansk
• Horodytsk
• Khorol
• Kremenchuk
• Myrhorod (2)
• Omelnyk
• Ostapivka
• Potoky
• Shyshatsk
• Sorochyntsi
• Ustavytsk
• Vlasivka
• Yaresk

Commanders

• Matvii Hladkyi (1649—1652)
• Hryhorii Lisnytskyi (1653—1654, 1657—1658, 1660)
• Pavlo Apostol (1659, 1671, 1672—1683)
• Demian Apostol (1664—1666)
• Hryhorii Apostol (1666—1668)
• Hryhorii Hladkyi (1669—1670)
• Mykhailo Kyiashko (1670—1671)
• Danylo Apostol
  Danylo Apostol
  Danylo Apostol , was a Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine and Ukrainian Cossack starshina.Born in a noble Cossack family of Moldavian boyar origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, polkovnyk of the Myrhorod Regiment, and a participant in the Russian campaigns against the Ottoman...
  
  (1683—1727)
• Pavlo Apostol (1727—1736)
• Vasyl Kapnist (1737—1750)