Kiev Voivodeship

Palatinatus Kioviensis Kiev Voivodeship Voivodeship of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth¹ ← 1471–1793 → Coat of arms The Kiev Voivodeship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. Capital Kiev (1471-1667), Zhytomyr (1667–1793) History  - Established 1471  - Disestablished 1793 Area  - 1793 200,000 km2 (77,220 sq mi) Population  - 1793 500,000       Density 2.5 /km2  (6.5 /sq mi) Political subdivisions Urban counties: 3 Land counties: 3 Gmina: ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569.

Lesser Poland (German: Kleinpolen, Polish: Małopolska) - province of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, before 1660. The term Ukraina on the map meaning Outskirts or Borderlands, was first used to define the Polish eastern frontier. The Borderlands referred to the eastern frontiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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

Kiev (Kiow) A fragment of piece Tractus Borysthenis Vulgo Dniepr at Niepr dicti. map by Joannii Janssonii (Amsterdam, 1663).

The Kiev Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo kijowskie, Ukrainian: Київське воєводство) 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.

It was the biggest voivodeship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, covering, among others, land of Zaporizhian Cossacks. Under the order of King Casimir Jagiellon, it had replaced the former Principality of Kiev, ruled by Lithuanian princes, from two families (House of Algirdas and Olshansky family). 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 (Żytomierz), where it remained until 1793.

Municipal government

Voivodeship Governor (Voivode) seat

• Berdychiv

Regional council (sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands

• Sudova Vyshnia

Regional council (sejmik poselski i deputacki) seats

• Kiev
• Ovruch
• Zhytomyr

Administrative division

• Kiev County (Powiat kijowski), Kiev
• Ovruch County (Powiat owrócki), Ovruch
• Zhytomyr County (Powiat żytomierski), Zhytomyr

Voivodes of Kiev

Main article: Kiev Voivodeship

In the 15th-16th centuries, all of the voivodes were of Lithuanian or Ruthenian origin. From the beginning of the 17th century, the voivodes of Polish origin, along with Ruthenian, were chosen for the office.

Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1471-1569)

• Martynas Goštautas (Marcin Gasztołd) (1471–1475)
• Ivan Chodkiewicz (Jonas Ivanas Chodkevičius) (1480–1484)
• Jerzy Pac (Jurgis Pacas) (1486–1492)
• Dymitr Putiatycz (Dmytro Putyatych) (1492–1505)
• Jerzy Montowtowicz (Jurgis Montovtt) (1505–1508)
• Jan Gliński (Jonas Glinskis, Ivan Hlynsky) (1508)
• Jerzy Holszański (Jurgis Alšėniškis, Yuriy Olshansky) (1508–1511)
• Jerzy Radziwiłł (Jurgis Radvila) (1511–1514)
• Andrzej Niemirowicz (Andriy Nemyrych) (1514–1541)
• Jan Holszański (Ivan Olshansky) (1542–1544)
• Fryderyk Proński (Semen Hlebovych Pronsky, Frederikas Prunskis) (1545–1555)
• Hrehory Chodkiewicz (Grigorijus Chodkevičius) (1555–1559)
• Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozky) (1559–1569)

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1569-1793)

• Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (1569–1608)
• Stanisław Żółkiewski (1608–1618)
• Tomasz Zamoyski (1619–1628)
• Aleksander Zasławski (1628–1629)
• Stefan Chmielecki (1629–1630)
• Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski (1630–1649)
• Adam Kisiel (1649–1653)
• Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (1655–1658)
• Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski (1658–1660)
• Ivan Vyhovsky (1660–1664)
• Stefan Czarniecki (1664–1665)
• Michał Stanisławski (1665–1668)
• Andrzej Potocki (1668–1682)
• Feliks Kazimierz Potocki (1682–1684)
• Marcin Kątski (1684–1702)
• Józef Potocki (1702–1744)
• Stanisław Potocki (1744–1756)
• Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1756–1772)
• Stanisław Lubomirski (1772–1785)
• Józef Gabriel Stempkowski (1785–1791)
• Antoni Protazy Potocki (1791–1793)

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

• Bratslav Voivodeship
• Podolian Voivodeship
• Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
• Minsk Voivodeship
• Chernihiv Voivodeship
• Grand Duchy of Moscow
• Crimean Khanate
• Yedisan

Bibliography

• 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.
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• 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.
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• Antoni Józef Rolle. Z przeszłości Polesia Kijowskiego. Warszawa. Red. Biblioteki Warszawskiej. 1882

External links

• Kiev Voivodeship / Województwo kijowskie [in:] Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other slavic lands
• Cossack era
• The Zaphorozian Cossacks
• Palatinatus Kioviensis Pars. Boristhenem alias Dzikie Pola. [1].by Joannis Janssonii. Amsterdam. 1663.
• Der königlichen Republik Polen Woiwodschaft Kiow das ist die obere Polnische Ukraine oder Klein Polens oestlicher Theil. Nor. 46 Vienna. Franz Johann Josef von Reilly 1791