Lyubetska Sotnia
| Lyubetska Sotnia Любецька сотня | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1656 - 1784 |
| Country | Cossack Hetmanate |
| Type | Cossack Sotnia |
| Garrison/HQ | Liubech, Ukraine |
| Engagements |
Khmelnytsky Uprising Russo-Polish War (1654–67) |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Vodovolenko Petro Vnuchko Sava |
The Lyubetska Sotnia (Company) (Ukrainian: Любецька сотня, Lyubetska sotnya) was one of the sixteen territorial-administrative and military unit of the Chernihiv Regiment of the Cossack Hetmanate. The sotnia's center was the small town of Liubech, now in the Chernihiv Oblast of north-east Ukraine.
The sotnia was created in 1656 and occupied area on left bank Dnieper River.[1] On the territory of the sotnia were 116 settlers. The territory of the sotnia bodered by the Royiska, Bilouska and Slabynska sotnias to the east, Osterska Sotnia of Kyiv Regiment by the south.
In 1782 the sotnia was abolished by the order Empress Catherine the Great as territorial-administrative district. All of the sotnia's territories were included into Chernihiv namestnichestvo. In 1784 it was disbanded as military unit.[2]
Commanders
Chief in the sotnia was sotnik (sotnia's commander, captain.
List of sotnyks:[3]
- Vodovolenko Petro (1656)
- Vnuchko Sava (1656-1657)
References
- ↑ Zaruba V.M. "Administratyvno-terytorialnyj ustrij ta administraciya Vijska Zaporozkoho u 1648-1782 rr.". Dnipropetrovsk, 2007
- ↑ Storozhenko N.V. Reformy v Malorossii pri grafe Rumaynceve."Kievskaya starina" Magazine, N 1, 1891.
- ↑ G.Gajecky. "The Cossack Administration of the Hetmanate". Cambridge: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute,1978.-V.II