Kiev Voivodeship (original) (raw)

Subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland

Kiev Voivodeship_Palatinatus Kioviensis_ (Latin)Województwo kijowskie (Polish)Київське воєводство (Ukrainian)
Voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth¹
1471–1793
Coat of arms of Ukraine Coat of arms
The Kiev Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital (Kijów (Kyiv), 1471–1667), Żytomierz (Zhytomyr, 1667–1793)
Demonym 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 Simeon Olelkovich 1471
• 2nd Muscovite–Lithuanian War 1503
• Union of Lublin 1569
• Khmelnytsky Uprising 1648
• Truce of Andrusovo 1667
• Second partition 1793
Political subdivisions counties: 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[1] (Polish: Województwo kijowskie; Latin: Palatinatus Kioviensis; Ukrainian: Київське воєводство, romanized: Kyivske voievodstvo) 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.

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 Imperial Russia in 1667 by Treaty of Andrusovo, the capital moved to Zhytomyr (Polish: Żytomierz), 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

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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

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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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Further information: Sejmik

Regional council (Polish: sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands

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Regional council (Polish: sejmik poselski i deputacki) seats

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Administrative division

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Other former counties

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Former counties lost under the Treaty of Andrusovo

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Elderships (Starostwo)

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

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

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Kiev (Kiou). A fragment of Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae map by Anthony Jenkinson (London 1562) published by Ortelius in 1570.

  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.

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