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.

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.

Contents

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.

Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1471-1569)

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1569-1793)

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

References

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