Chernihiv Voivodeship
The Chernihiv Voivodeship (Polish WojewĂłdztwo czernihowskie, latin Palatinatus czernihoviensis, Ukrainian Чернігівське воєводство / Tschernihivske woewodstwo ) was an administrative unit of the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Ruthenian part of the province of Little Poland on the territory of the former principalities of Chernigov and Sewerien of Kievan Rus. It consisted 1635-1648 / 1667. Capital was Chernihiv (now Chernihiv ). The area is located on the territory of Ukraine.
History
The city of Chernihiv came in 1618 by Russia to the Kingdom of Poland. 1635 Chernihiv Voivodeship was established. In the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648, the area was convenient for Poland lost again in 1667 it officially went back to Russia. Noble title of Chernihiv, however, were subcontracted to 1795.
Administrative division
Capital, that is the seat of the voivode, of the District Court and the Diet ( Sejmik ):
- Chernihiv
Counties:
- Powiat Chernihiv ( powiat czernihowski ), based in Chernihiv
- Powiat Nowogród ( powiat Nowogrodzki Siewierski ), based in Nowogród
The province had two senators: the voivode and castellan. There were also 2 Landstaroste ( Starosta grodowy ), one each from each county ( powiat ).
Voivode
- Marcin Kalinowski (1635-1652) ( Hetman of the Polish crown)
Castellan
- January Odrzywolski (1646-1652)
Titulary
Since 1635 the kings of Poland introduced the term prince of Sewerien and Chernihiv (Latin dux Severiae, Czernichoviaeque, Polish Ksiaze Siewierski i czernihowski ) in their titulary, Władysław IV Vasa was the first ( King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1632 to 1648 ): " Dei gratia rex Vladislaus Quartus Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque, Smolenscie, Severiae, Czernichoviaeque necnon Suecorum, Gothorum Vandalorumque haereditarius rex, electus magnus dux Moschoviae. " ( " Vladislav IV, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Rus, Prussia, Mazovia, Polotsk, Livonia, Smolensk, Sewerien, Chernihiv, as hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals, 's chosen Grand Prince of Moscow " ) Likewise, John II Casimir (1648-1668), Michael I. (1669-1673), including