Sloboda Cossack regiment
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The Sloboda Cossack regiment was a military-administrative unit of Cossacks in the Sloboda Ukraine region, serving both as a frontier defense force and a local governing structure within the Russian Empire’s borderlands.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kharkiv Regiment | 1 |
| Okhtyrka Regiment | 1 |
| Ostrogozhsk Regiment | 1 |
| Sumy Regiment | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cossack military-administrative unit
ⓘ
regiment ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Cossacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFunction |
buffer against steppe nomads
ⓘ
protection against raids from the south and southeast ⓘ |
| commandStructure | subordinate to Russian imperial authorities ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Russian Cossacks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ukrainian Cossacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentSystem | Cossack self-government ⓘ |
| governs | Cossack population of Sloboda Ukraine ⓘ |
| hasDuty | military service in exchange for land and privileges ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
border defense
ⓘ
local administration ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ settlement protection ⓘ tax collection ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
colonel (polkovnyk)
ⓘ
otaman ⓘ regimental starshyna (officer elite) ⓘ sotnyk (company commander) ⓘ |
| hasPrivilege |
land allotments
ⓘ
self-administration ⓘ tax exemptions ⓘ |
| hasRole |
frontier defense force
ⓘ
local governing structure ⓘ |
| language |
Russian
ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | incorporated into Russian imperial administrative system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sloboda Ukraine region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
borderlands of the Russian Empire ⓘ eastern Ukrainian lands ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | irregular cavalry ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cossack military organization of the Russian Empire
ⓘ
Sloboda Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | autonomous Cossack unit under Russian suzerainty ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Don Cossacks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ukrainian Cossacks NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaporozhian Host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| subdivision |
Cossack settlements (slobody)
ⓘ
sotnias (companies) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th–18th centuries
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| typeOfAdministration | military-administrative unit ⓘ |
| usedBy | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
colonization of frontier territories
ⓘ
securing southern and eastern borders of the Russian state ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kharkiv Regiment
this entity surface form:
Sumy Regiment
this entity surface form:
Okhtyrka Regiment
this entity surface form:
Ostrogozhsk Regiment