Ukrainian line
| Ukrainian Line | |
|---|---|
| Ukraine | |
 Ukrainian Line in 1737 | |
| Type | Defensive line |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Novorossiysk Governorate of Russian Empire |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1731–1764 |
| In use | 1731-1770th |
| Materials | Natural features, moats, earthworks |
Ukrainian defensive line was a heavily fortified defensive line created in 1731–1764 on Zaporizhia, Donets Basin and Sloboda Ukraine built against Crimean Khanate.
History of construction
Since the late 1720s, the Russian Empire began to actively prepare for war with the Ottoman Empire for the return of Azov and Northern Azov Sea Region. To strengthen the defense of the southern borders and military bases approximation to the Crimea was decided to build a Ukrainian line. The bulk of the work on the construction was made by Ukrainian Cossacks and peasants in 1731-1732 years. Every year on the line worked 20 thousand Cossacks and 10 thousand peasants of Hetmanate, who were obliged to go to work with their inventory and supplies, every 10th with the ox, and the Cossacks - with weapons. On the construction line killed thousands of Ukrainians. After signing the Treaty of Belgrade in 1739 and the transfer of the Russian-Turkish border from the territory between Samara and Oril on the Azov Sea was terminated work on the line, and with the construction of the Dnieper line in 1770-1783 years Ukrainian line lost its military defensive value.
Structure of the Line
The line ran from the Oril river, through Siverskyi Donets River. Ukrainian line consisted of 16 forts and 49 redoubts.
Locations
- Borisoglebskaya fortress
- Bilevska fortress (Parhomiv Buyrak, to 1738 Tenth Fortress), Krasnohrad, 1731-1742,
- Efrem fortress, Yefremivka, 1731-1742,
- Kozlivska fortress (to 1738 Krutoyarska Fortress), Zaliniyne (neighborhood) at Skalonivky, 1731,
- Libnah fortress, Libnah
- Orel fortress (to 1738 called Ninth Fortress), Dyachkivka, 1731-1742,
- Ryaska fortress, Ryaske
- St. Alexis fortress, 1731-1742,
- St. John (Ioanivska) Fortress, 1731-1742
- St. Michael fortress (Michael fortress to 1738 called Kyselna Fortress (Kisel, Kizel)) Mykhailivka, 1731-1742,
- St. Paraskeva fortress (Paraskivska Fortress), 1731-1742
- St. Peter fortress (Peter's fortress to 1738 called Donetsk fortress) & nbsp; - village Petrivske, 1731.
- St. Theodore fortress (Theodore fortress to 1738 Driyetska fortress or New Castle), Zaliniyne, 1731
- Suburb fortress (to 1738 called Lozovaja Fortress), Pavlivka, 1731,
- Tambov fortress (to 1738 called Buzova castle or fortress Busov) village Mar'yivka, 1731,
- Vasylivska fortress, 1731-1736
For defense there were 20 regiments of landmilitia (14 cavalry regiments and six infantry regiments), with about 22 000; they had 180 artillery guns and 39 mortars. In 1740 there were 18 forts and 140 redoubts. Bilevska castle was the center of the line. Here, until 1764, there was landmilitia office.