A. Oliyanchuk Ph.D. student
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2016.128.1.10
ATTRACTION OF LEFT BANK UKRAINIAN COSSACK REGIMENTS TO SUPPRESS THE POLISH UPRISING OF 1863 – 1864
The article is devoted to the problem of studying the history of Left Bank Ukrainian Cossack's regiments, which were created to participate in suppressing the Polish January uprising. The author comes to the conclusion, that the memory about Cossack's times continued to live between the population of Left Bank of Ukraine, even in the middle of XIX century. With the help of that phenomenon government of Russian empire restored Cossacks regiments in 1863. They were convenient form for Cossacks mobilization against Polish rebels. Government created 3 Cossacks regiments. The primary purposes of their formation were preventing actions against spreading uprising on Poltava and Chernihiv provinces. They were deployed in Kyiv general-government for the following: restoring pre-uprising order and participation in suppression possible peasant's insurrection. However, they didn't take part in contact with enemy, because of lack of need. Their main tasks were protection of civil order and military property. The author established that Cossacks regiments actively involved for enhancing the authority of current regime by holding parades in places of formation. Also, there were estimated number and losses of Left Bank Cossack regiments in the campaign of elimination of Polish January uprising.
Key words: January uprising, Left Bank Ukraine, Cossack regiments, cavalry, homeguard.
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