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Polkovnyk , was a high military rank among the Ukrainian Cossack
Cossack

The term Cossacks is applied to specific militaristic communities of various ethnicities living in the southern steppe regions of Ukraine and Russia....
 starshyna (officers
Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an Armed forces who holds a position of authority.Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereignty power and, as such, hold a Letters patent charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position....
). Polkovnyk was a leader of a military unit (regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 or similar), as well as a leader of a territorial unit of the Cossack Hetmanate
Cossack Hetmanate

The Hetmanate or officially Viysko Zaporozke was a Cossack state in the central and north-eastern regions of Ukraine during 1649?1775. It came into existence as a result of the Khmelnytsky Uprising and the alliance of the registered Cossacks with the Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Sich and other segments of the Ukrainian populace....
, Sloboda Ukraine
Sloboda Ukraine

Sloboda Ukraine or Slobozhanshchyna was a historical region which developed and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries on the southwestern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia....
 or Zaporozhian Host
Zaporozhian Host

The Zaporozhian Cossacks were Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia , in Central Ukraine. The Zaporozhian Host grew rapidly in the 15th century by serfs fleeing the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth....
. The word is commonly translated as Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context.

he Zaporozhian Host
Zaporozhian Host

The Zaporozhian Cossacks were Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia , in Central Ukraine. The Zaporozhian Host grew rapidly in the 15th century by serfs fleeing the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth....
, the political, social, and military organization of Ukrainian Cossacks, polkovnyk was a high rank officer, a commander of one or several military detachments during land and naval military actions in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.






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Polkovnyk , was a high military rank among the Ukrainian Cossack
Cossack

The term Cossacks is applied to specific militaristic communities of various ethnicities living in the southern steppe regions of Ukraine and Russia....
 starshyna (officers
Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an Armed forces who holds a position of authority.Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereignty power and, as such, hold a Letters patent charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position....
). Polkovnyk was a leader of a military unit (regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 or similar), as well as a leader of a territorial unit of the Cossack Hetmanate
Cossack Hetmanate

The Hetmanate or officially Viysko Zaporozke was a Cossack state in the central and north-eastern regions of Ukraine during 1649?1775. It came into existence as a result of the Khmelnytsky Uprising and the alliance of the registered Cossacks with the Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Sich and other segments of the Ukrainian populace....
, Sloboda Ukraine
Sloboda Ukraine

Sloboda Ukraine or Slobozhanshchyna was a historical region which developed and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries on the southwestern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia....
 or Zaporozhian Host
Zaporozhian Host

The Zaporozhian Cossacks were Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia , in Central Ukraine. The Zaporozhian Host grew rapidly in the 15th century by serfs fleeing the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth....
. The word is commonly translated as Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context.

Zaporozhian Host

In the Zaporozhian Host
Zaporozhian Host

The Zaporozhian Cossacks were Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia , in Central Ukraine. The Zaporozhian Host grew rapidly in the 15th century by serfs fleeing the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth....
, the political, social, and military organization of Ukrainian Cossacks, polkovnyk was a high rank officer, a commander of one or several military detachments during land and naval military actions in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Sometimes polkovnyk was also called serdiuk . In the eighteenth century, a polkovnyk was a leader of a palanka
Palanka

Palanka can refer to:...
, a territorial unit of the Zaporozhian Host
Zaporozhian Host

The Zaporozhian Cossacks were Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia , in Central Ukraine. The Zaporozhian Host grew rapidly in the 15th century by serfs fleeing the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth....
. A palanka polkovnyk was elected by military council for one year. He represented the Koshovyi Otaman
Koshovyi Otaman

Koshovyi Otaman was the highest military ranks of the Zaporozhian Host Cossacks from the 16th century. It was elected by the elders of the Zaporozhian Host....
 in the Palanka and had significant powers, including the right to condemn Cossacks to death penalty. At the time of liquidation of Zaporozhian Host by the Russian
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 government in 1775 there were eight palanka polkovnyks. The polkovnyk's symbol of office was a pernach (a mace with a hexagonal head; see also bulava), worn in the belt.

Registered Cossack Army

In the Registered Cossack Army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
 polkovnyk was a commander of a regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 , a Cossack military unit. After the reform of the Cossack army by hetman
Hetman

Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander used in 15th to 18th century Poland, Ukraine and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known from 1569 to 1795 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
 Mykhailo Doroshenko
Mykhailo Doroshenko

Mykhailo Doroshenko was the Hetman of the registered Ukrainian Cossacks from 1623?1628.He was elevated to the rank of Cossack colonel in 1616, and he was active in Petro Konashevych's wars against Muscovy....
 there were six Cossack regiments, each comprising one thousand Cossacks. Polkovnyks were elected by the Cossack Council and that had to be approved by the Polish government. A polkovnyk obtained salary for his service, and enjoyed considerable privileges. After adopting the "Ordination" by the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
 in 1638, only noblemen
Nobility

Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary or for a lifetime. Titles of nobility exist today in many countries although it is usually associated with present or former monarchies....
 (shliakhta) were allowed to become polkovnyks.

Hetmanate Ukraine

During Khmelnytskyi Uprising and in Hetmanate Ukraine
Cossack Hetmanate

The Hetmanate or officially Viysko Zaporozke was a Cossack state in the central and north-eastern regions of Ukraine during 1649?1775. It came into existence as a result of the Khmelnytsky Uprising and the alliance of the registered Cossacks with the Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Sich and other segments of the Ukrainian populace....
 Polkovnyk was a head of a territorial administrative unit, the Regiment .

Modern Ukraine

In modern Ukraine, Polkovnyk is a military rank inferred from the similar rank of the Soviet Army (Polkovnik
Polkovnik

Polkovnik , universally treated as Colonel, began as a commander of a distinct group of troops, Old Slavonic polk , arranged for a particular battle....
). It compares to the rank of Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
.