Kiev Voivodeship

Kiev Voivodeship
*Palatinatus Kioviensis* (Latin)
*Województwo kijowskie* (Polish)
Київське воєводство (Ukrainian)
Kiev Voivodeship Palatinatus Kioviensis (Latin); Województwo kijowskie (Polish); Київське воєводство (Ukrainian)
Voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth¹
1471–1793
	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.

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.

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 (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)

Zhytomyr

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

Sudova Vyshnia

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

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

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

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

References

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

Kijow Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger

External links

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) Kyiv Voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine

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[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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