Kiev Voivodeship

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Kiev Voivodeship
  • Palatinatus Kioviensis
  • Województwo kijowskie
  • Київське воєводство
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 subdivisionscounties:
  • 9 (1471–1569)
  • 7 (1569–1667)
  • 3 (1667–1793)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Principality of Kiev
Cossack Hetmanate
Kiev Viceroyalty
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569.
Basse Volhynia (Lower Volhynia) or Kiow Palatinate in 1665
Map from 1635 covering the western part of the Kiev Voivodeship.
Map from 1635 covering the western part of the Kiev Voivodeship.
Map of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and its territorial losses in the mid 17th century.
Kiev (Kiow) on a fragment of piece Tractus Borysthenis Vulgo Dniepr at Niepr dicti. Map by Jan Janssonius (Amsterdam, 1663).

The Kiev Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown
. On some maps Kiev Voivodeship was also named as the Lower Volhynia.

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

Olshansky family).[2][3]

Its first administrative center was

Treaty of Andrusovo, the capital moved to Zhytomyr (Polish
: Żytomierz), where it remained until 1793.

It was the biggest voivodeship of the

Zaporizhian Cossacks
.

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).

Flag and coat of arms

The flag on one side had

Lithuanian Pogon on red field and on other side black bear on white field with his front left paw raised up.[6]

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

Former counties lost under the Treaty of Andrusovo

  • Lubecz County, Lubecz
  • Oster County, Oster
  • City of Kijow

Elderships (Starostwo)

Instead of some liquidated counties in 1566 there were established elderships: Biała Cerkiew, Kaniów, Korsun, Romanówka, Czerkasy, Czigrin.

Free royal cities

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

Ortelius
in 1570.

See also

References

  1. ^ Kyiv voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  2. ^ "Lithuanian History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Леонтій Войтович. Князівські династії Східної Європи".
  4. ^ Polish: wojewoda kijowski
  5. ^ Polish: kasztelan kijowski
  6. ^ Województwo Kijowskie.

Further reading

External links

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