Ukraine
Long nameKiev Voivodeship
SubdivisionVoivodeship
NationLithuania (1471–1569),
then Poland (1569–1793)
CapitalKijów (Kyiv; 1471–1667)
Żytomierz (Zhytomyr; 1667–1793)
Stat area 1200000
Stat year 11793
Stat pop 1500,000
P 1Principality of Kiev
S 1Cossack Hetmanate
S 2Kiev Viceroyalty
Year start1471
Event startdeath of Simeon Olelkovich
Event 12nd Muscovite–Lithuanian War
Date event 11503
Event 2Union of Lublin
Date event 21569
Event 3Khmelnytsky Uprising
Date event 31648
Event 4Truce of Andrusovo
Date event 41667
Year end1793
Event endSecond partition
Title leaderVoivode
Leader 1Martynas Goštautas (first)
Year leader 11471–1475
Leader 2Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (transition)
Year leader 21559–1608
Leader 3Antoni Protazy Potocki (last)
Year leader 31791–1793
Political subdiv

counties:

  • 9 (1471–1569)
  • 7 (1569–1667)
  • 3 (1667–1793)
DemonymKievan
TodayUkraine, partially Belarus

The Kiev Voivodeship[1] (Polish: Województwo kijowskie; Latin: Palatinatus Kioviensis; 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. 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 Tsardom of 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).

Flag and coat of arms

The flag on one side had the Coat of arms of Lithuania on red field and on other side black bear on white field with his front left paw raised up.[6]

Regional council (sejmik)

Further information: Sejmik

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

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

Former counties lost under the Treaty of Andrusovo

Elderships (Starostwo)

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

Free royal cities

Main article: Royal city in Poland

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

See also

References

  1. ^ Kyiv voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  2. ^ "Lithuanian History". Archived from the original 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.

Sources

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 Kyiv 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