Kiev Voivodeship
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The Kiev Voivodeship[1] (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793, as part of 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 Casimir IV Jagiellon soon after the death of Semen Olelkovich. It had replaced the former Principality of Kiev, ruled by Lithuanian-Ruthenian Olelkovich princes (related to House of Algirdas and Olshansky family).[2][3]
Its first administrative center was Kiev, but when the city was given to Tsardom of Russia in 1667 by Treaty of Andrusovo, the capital moved to Zhytomyr (Template:Langx), where it remained until 1793.
It was the biggest voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by land area, covering, among others, the land of 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).
- List of voivodes of Kiev
- Castellan of Kijow (city governor)
- Vogt of Kijow
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)
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Regional council (Template:Langx) for all Ruthenian lands
Regional council (Template:Langx) 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
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- 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
References
Sources
Further reading
- Central European Superpower, Henryk Litwin, BUM Magazine, October 2016.
- Template:In lang 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, Kórnik: Biblioteka Kórnicka. 2002. 343, Template:ISBN.
- Template:In lang Witold Bobiński. Województwo kijowskie w czasach Zygmunta III Wazy: studium osadnictwa i stosunków własności ziemskiej. Warszawa. 2000.
- Template:In lang Henryk Litwin. Napływ szlachty polskiej na Ukrainę 1569–1648. Semper. 2000. Template:ISBN [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.
- Template:In lang Michał Kulecki. Wygnańcy ze Wschodu. Egzulanci w Rzeczypospolitej w ostatnich latach panowania Jana Kazimierza i za panowania Michała Korybuta Wiśniowieckiego. Warszawa 1997. Template:ISBN.
- Template:In lang Dzieje rezydencji na dawnych kresach Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo kijowskie . OSSOLINEUM. 1997. Template:ISBN
- Template:In lang Zygmunt Gloger. Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski. Kraków. 1903.
- Template:In lang 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
- Template:In lang 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.
- Template:In lang Der königlichen Republik Polen Woiwodschaft KiowTemplate:Dead link das ist die obere Polnische Ukraine oder Klein Polens oestlicher Theil. Nor. 46 Vienna. Franz Johann Josef von Reilly 1791
- Template:In lang Kyiv Voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine
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- ↑ Kyiv voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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- Kiev Voivodeship
- Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Early modern history of Ukraine
- Voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Historical geography of Ukraine
- 1471 establishments in Europe
- 15th-century establishments in Lithuania
- 1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- History of Kyiv
- History of Kyiv Oblast