Kiev Voivodeship
Kiev Voivodeship
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Voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth¹ | |||||||||||
1471–1793 | |||||||||||
Kievan | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• 1793 | 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1793 | 500,000 | ||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
Voivode | |||||||||||
• 1471–1475 | Martynas Goštautas (first) | ||||||||||
• 1559–1608 | Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (transition) | ||||||||||
• 1791–1793 | Antoni Protazy Potocki (last) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• death of Second partition | 1793 | ||||||||||
Political subdivisions | counties:
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¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. |
The Kiev Voivodeship
The voivodeship was established in 1471 upon the death of the last prince of Kiev Simeon Olelkovich and transformation of the Duchy of Kiev (appanage duchy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) into the Voivodeship of Kiev.
Description
The voivodeship was established in 1471 under the order of King
Its first administrative center was
: Żytomierz), where it remained until 1793.It was the biggest voivodeship of the
Municipal government
The governor of the voivodeship was voivode (List of voivodes of Kiev).[4] In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the other two major administrative positions were castellan[5] and bishop (biskup kijowski).
- List of voivodes of Kiev
- Castellan of Kijow (city governor)
- Vogt of Kijow
Flag and coat of arms
The flag on one side had
Regional council (sejmik)
Regional council (Polish: sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands
Regional council (Polish: sejmik poselski i deputacki) seats
Administrative division
Counties
- Kijow County, Kijow (Biała Cerkiew, Bila Tserkva, since 1659)
- Owrucz County, Owrucz
- Żytomierz County, Żytomierz
Other former counties
- Putywl County, Putywl (lost after the second Muscovite–Lithuanian War)
- Mozyrz County, Mozyrz (transferred to Minsk Voivodeship under the Union of Lublin)
- Czerkasy County, Czerkasy (liquidated in 1566)
- Czarnobyl County, Czarnobyl(liquidated in 1566)
Former counties lost under the Treaty of Andrusovo
Elderships (Starostwo)
Instead of some liquidated counties in 1566 there were established elderships: Biała Cerkiew, Kaniów, Korsun, Romanówka, Czerkasy, Czigrin.
Free royal cities
- Berezań
- Biała Cerkiew
- Bohusław
- Czehryń
- Czerkasy
- Jagodzin
- Kaniów
- Kijów
- Korsuń
- Myrhorod
- Oster
- Owrucz
- Stebliw
- Trechtymirów
- Żytomierz
Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions
- Bratslav Voivodeship
- Podolian Voivodeship
- Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
- Minsk Voivodeship
- Chernihiv Voivodeship
- Grand Duchy of Moscow
- Crimean Khanate
- Yedisan
See also
- List of voivodes of Kiev
- List of Ukrainian rulers
- Grand Prince of Kiev
- List of Polish monarchs
References
- ^ Kyiv voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- ^ "Lithuanian History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ "Леонтій Войтович. Князівські династії Східної Європи".
- ^ Polish: wojewoda kijowski
- ^ Polish: kasztelan kijowski
- ^ Województwo Kijowskie.
Further reading
- Central European Superpower, Henryk Litwin, BUM Magazine, October 2016.
- (in Polish) Spisy pod red. Antoniego Gąsiorowskiego, t. III: Ziemie Ruskie, z. 4: Urzędnicy województw kijowskiego i czernihowskiego XV-XVIII wieku, opracowali Eugeniusz Janas i Witold Kłaczewski, ISBN 83-85213-37-6.
- (in Polish) Witold Bobiński. Województwo kijowskie w czasach Zygmunta III Wazy: studium osadnictwa i stosunków własności ziemskiej. Warszawa. 2000.
- (in Polish) Henryk Litwin. Napływ szlachty polskiej na Ukrainę 1569–1648. Semper. 2000. ISBN 83-86951-67-2[also:] The Spatial Structure of the Kyiv Voivodeship and its Impact on the Political and Social Life of the Gentry in 1569–1648. Struktura przestrzenna województwa kijowskiego i jej wpływ na życie polityczne i społeczne szlachty w latach 1569–1648.
- (in Polish) Michał Kulecki. Wygnańcy ze Wschodu. Egzulanci w Rzeczypospolitej w ostatnich latach panowania Jana Kazimierza i za panowania Michała Korybuta Wiśniowieckiego. Warszawa 1997. ISBN 83-7181-001-6.
- (in Polish) Dzieje rezydencji na dawnych kresach Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo kijowskie . OSSOLINEUM. 1997. ISBN 83-04-04369-6
- (in Polish) Zygmunt Gloger. Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski. Kraków. 1903.
- (in Polish) Antoni Józef Rolle. Z przeszłości Polesia Kijowskiego. Warszawa. Red. Biblioteki Warszawskiej. 1882
External links
- Kyiv voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Cossack era on Ukrainian Government portal
- The Zaphorozian Cossacks
- (in Polish) Województwo kijowskie [in:] Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other slavic lands
- Palatinatus Kioviensis Pars. Boristhenem alias Dzikie Pola. [1].by Joannis Janssonii. Amsterdam. 1663.
- (in German) Der königlichen Republik Polen Woiwodschaft Kiow[permanent dead link] das ist die obere Polnische Ukraine oder Klein Polens oestlicher Theil. Nor. 46 Vienna. Franz Johann Josef von Reilly 1791
- (in Ukrainian) Kyiv Voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine