Lyubetska Sotnia

rdf:langString Lyubetska Sotnia

rdf:langString Lyubetska Sotnia

rdf:langString Любецька сотня

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rdf:langString Lyubetska Sotnia

rdf:langString Любецька сотня

rdf:langString The Lyubetska Sotnia (Company) (Ukrainian: Любецька сотня, romanized: Lyubetska sotnya) was one of the sixteen territorial-administrative and military units of the Chernihiv Regiment of the Cossack Hetmanate. The sotnia's center was the small town of Liubech, now in the Chernihiv Oblast of northeast Ukraine. The sotnia was created in 1656 and occupied area on the left bank of the Dnieper River. 116 settlers lived in the sotnia at the time of its founding. The territory of the sotnia was bordered by the Royiska, and sotnias to the east, and of to the south. In 1782 the sotnia was abolished by the order Empress Catherine the Great as a territorial-administrative district. All of the sotnia's territories were included into Chernihiv namestnichestvo. In 1784 it was disbanded as military unit.