Kiev Voivodeship
Kyiv Voivodeship Palatinatus Kioviensis Województwo kijowskie | |||||
Voivodeship of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth¹ | |||||
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Coat of arms | |||||
The Kiev Voivodeship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. | |||||
Capital | Kijów (1471–1667), Żytomierz (1667–1793) | ||||
History | |||||
• | death of Semen Olelkovich | 1471 | |||
• | 2nd Muscovite–Lithuanian War | 1503 | |||
• | Union of Lublin | 1569 | |||
• | Khmelnytsky Uprising | 1648 | |||
• | Truce of Andrusovo | 1667 | |||
• | Second partition | 1793 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1793 | 200,000 km2(77,220 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1793 | 500,000 | |||
Density | 2.5 /km2 (6.5 /sq mi) | ||||
Political subdivisions | counties: 9 (1471-1569) 7 (1569-1667) 3 (1667-1793) | ||||
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. |
The Kiev Voivodeship[1] (Polish: Województwo kijowskie, Ukrainian: Київське воєводство, Kyivske voyevodstvo) 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.
The voivodeship was established in 1471 upon the death of the last prince of Kiev Simeon Olelkovich and transformation of Duchy of Kiev (appanage duchy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) into Voivodeship of Kiov (Kiovien Voivodeship).
Contents
1 Description
2 Municipal government
3 Regional council (sejmik)
3.1 Regional council[6] for all Ruthenian lands
3.2 Regional council[7] seats
4 Administrative division
4.1 Counties
4.1.1 Other former counties
4.1.2 Former counties lost under the Treaty of Andrusovo
4.2 Elderships (Starostwo)
4.2.1 Free royal cities
5 Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions
6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
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 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
The governor of the voivodeship was voivode (voivode of Kiev).[4] In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the other two major administrative positions were castellan[5] and bishop (biskup kijowski).
- Voivode of Kijow
- Castellan of Kijow (city governor)
- Vogt of Kijow (also see Mayor of Kiev)
Regional council (sejmik)
- Zhytomyr
Regional council[6] for all Ruthenian lands
- Sudova Vyshnia
Regional council[7] seats
- Kiev
- Ovruch
- Zhytomyr
Administrative division
Counties
- Kijow County, Kijow (Biała Cerkiew since 1659)
- Owrucz County, Owrucz
- Zytomierz County, Zytomierz
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
- 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
- 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ http://izbornyk.org.ua/dynasty/dyn.htm
^ Polish: wojewoda kijowski
^ Polish: kasztelan kijowski
^ Polish: sejmik generalny
^ Polish: sejmik poselski i deputacki
- Kijow Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger
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, Kórnik: Biblioteka Kórnicka. 2002. 343,
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 Kiev 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiev Voivodeship (1471-1793). |
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) Kiev Voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E / 50.450000°N 30.523333°E / 50.450000; 30.523333