Ruthenian Voivodeship

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Ruthenian Voivodeship
Województwo ruskie (
Latin)
Руське воєводство (Ukrainian)
Voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland¹
1434–1772
Flag of Ruthenia (or Rus')
Flag
Coat of arms of Ruthenia (or Rus')
Coat of arms

The Ruthenian Voivodeship of 1635 within
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Capital Lwów
Area 
• 1770
55,200 km2 (21,300 sq mi)
Population 
• 1770
1,495,000
History 
• Established
1434
• 
First partition of Poland
1772
Political subdivisionsFive lands divided into 13 counties
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Halych-Volhynia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569.

The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus russiae, Polish: Województwo ruskie, Ukrainian: Руське воєводство, romanized: Ruske voievodstvo), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the 1772 First Partition of Poland[1] with a center in the city of Lviv (Polish: Lwów). Together with a number of other voivodeships of southern and eastern part of the Kingdom of Poland, it formed Lesser Poland Province, with its capital city in Kraków. Following the Partitions of Poland, most of Ruthenian Voivodeship, except for its northeastern corner, was annexed by the Habsburg monarchy, as part of the province of Galicia. Today, the former Ruthenian Voivodeship is divided between Poland and Ukraine.

History

See also: Galicia–Volhynia Wars

Following the Galicia–Volhynia Wars, the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia was divided between Poland and Lithuania. In 1349 the Polish portion was transformed into the Ruthenian domain of the Crown, while the Duchy of Volhynia was held by Prince Lubart. With the death of Casimir III the Great, the Kingdom of Poland was passed on to the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ruthenian domain was governed by Ruthenian starosta general, one of whom was Wladyslaw of Opole.

The voivodeship was created in 1434 based on the 1430 Jedlnia-Cracow Privilege (

King of Poland were titled as the Lord of Ruthenian lands.[2] Western Podolie was added to the domain in 1394.[2] In 1434 on territory of the domain were created Ruthenian Voivodeship and Podolian Voivodeship
.

In Polish sources, western outskirts of the region was called Ziemia czerwieńska, or "Czerwień Land", from the name of Cherven, a town that existed there. Today there are several towns with this name, none of them related to Red Ruthenia.[3]

This area was mentioned for the first time in 981, when

Lwów. It consisted of five lands: Lwów, Sanok, Halych, Przemyśl, and Chełm. The territory was controlled by the Austrian Empire from 1772 to 1918, when it was known as the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
.

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Zygmunt Gloger, in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland, provides this description of the Ruthenian Voivodeship:

In the 10th and 11th centuries, Przemysl and Czerwien were the largest

Casimir III of Poland took control over Principality of Halych. The province was governed by royal starostas, the first one of whom was a man named Jasiek Tarnowski. Most probably in final years of reign of King Władysław II Jagiełło, it was named the Ruthenian Voivodeship, as at that time the voivodes
of Przemysl began calling themselves the voivodes of Rus'. Firs such voivode was Jan Mezyk of Dabrowa.

The Ruthenian Voivodeship consisted of five

ziemia
, with its own coat of arms, granted in 1676. In that years, Lwow Land had 618 villages and 42 towns, while County of Zydaczow had 170 villages and 9 towns.

The Land of Przemysl was divided into two counties: those of Przemysl and Przeworsk. In 1676, the County of Przemysl had 657 villages and 18 towns, while the County of Przeworsk had 221 villages and 18 towns (...) The Land of Sanok, located in the Carpathian Foothills, was not divided into counties. In 1676, it had 371 villages and 12 towns (...)

The Land of Halicz, with its own separate local government, was divided into the counties of Trembowla, Halicz and Kolomyja. It had its own sejmik at Halicz, where six deputies were elected to the Polish Sejm (two from each county), also one deputy to the Crown Tribunal and one to the Treasury Tribunal at Radom. The Land of Halicz had one senator, and starostas, who resided in Halicz, Trembowla, Kolomuja, Tlumacz, Rohatyn, Jablonow, Sniatyn, Krasnopol, and other locations. In 1676, it had 565 villages and 38 towns.

The Land of Chelm was an enclave, separated from Ruthenian Voivodeship by

Urzedow
County of Lublin Voivodeship.

Municipal government

Lwów
, capital of the voivodeship, in the 17th century

Seat of the Voivodeship Governor (

Wojewoda
):

  • Lwów

Regional Sejmik (

sejmik generalny
) for all Ruthene lands

Seats of Regional Sejmik (sejmik poselski i deputacki):

Administrative divisions

Coats of arms of the Lwów, Przemyśl, Sanok, Chełm Lands

Voivods

Neighboring voivodeships and regions

See also

Notes

  1. Uniwersytet Gdański
    . Instytut Filologii Polskiej. 2003
  2. ^ a b Mykhailovskyi, V.M. (РУСЬКИЙ ДОМЕН КОРОЛЯ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Lands Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich. tom. XV, pages 561–562. Warszawa. 1876. (digital edition)
  4. ISBN 83-88385-14-3
    .

Sources

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