Regiment returned home safely. Nizhyn Regiment in the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) In 1768 a new Russo-Turkish war began. Russian armies under the command of O. Golitsyn and Peter Rumyantsev went to the Black Sea region. The Cossacks were also involved. The 2nd Army also included 6,000 Cossacks from the Chernihiv and Nizhyn Regiments under the command of P. Miloradovich, P. Rozumovsky, and Oleksandr Bezborodko. They fought near Khotyn and won. References External links Encyclopedia of Ukraine Cossack Hetmanate Regiments History of Chernihiv Oblast 1648 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth