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Kiev Voivodeship
Palatinatus Kioviensis
Voivodeship of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth¹
1471–1793

The Kiev Voivodeship in
the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
CapitalKiev (1471-1667), Zhytomyr (1667–1793)
Area 
• 1793
200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
Population 
• 1793
500,000
History 
• Established
1471
• Disestablished
1793
Political subdivisionsUrban counties: 3
Land counties: 3
Gmina:
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lithuania
Russian Empire
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).[1][2] 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

Regional council (sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands

Regional council (sejmik poselski i deputacki) seats

Administrative division

Voivodes of Kiev

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.

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

References

Bibliography

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  • Witold Bobiński. Województwo kijowskie w czasach Zygmunta III Wazy: studium osadnictwa i stosunków własności ziemskiej. Warszawa. 2000.
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