Chyhyryn Regiment Чигиринський полк | |
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Active | 1625–1712 |
Country | Cossack Hetmanate |
Type | Cossack Regiment |
Size | 19 sotnias |
Garrison/HQ | Chyhyryn, Right-bank Ukraine |
Engagements | Khmelnytsky Uprising Polish–Cossack–Tatar War Chyhyryn Campaigns |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Mykhailo Krychevsky Ivan Bohun Petro Doroshenko |
The Chyhyryn Regiment (Ukrainian: Чигиринський полк) 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. The military units of the regiment were also known as the Hetman's Guard serving as personal guards of the Hetman of Ukraine in 1648–1676.