Kiev Voivodeship

The Kiev Voivodeship ( Polish: kijowskie WojewĂłdztwo, lat Palatinatus Kioviensis ) was from 1471 an administrative unit in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and from 1569 to 1793 in the province of Malopolska the Kingdom of Poland - Lithuania. Nowadays the whole area belongs to Ukraine. It was developed from a vassal principality of descendants of the Lithuanian prince Algirdas and organized by King Casimir IV the province. It was the largest area of ​​the Voivodeship Union; voivode was under ( at least nominally ) the territory of Zaporozhian Cossacks under Bohdan Khmelnytsky Uprising to.

The capital was Kiev, as this city but in the peace of Andrussowo 1667 along with those of the lower Dnieper fell to the Russian Tsardom, the capital to Zhytomyr (Polish Żytomierz ) was laid. In addition to the Parliament of the Province and the Generalsejmik the Ruthenian lands in Sudowa Wyschnja (Polish Sądowa Wysznia ) was charged.

Administrative Divisions

Administrative districts and territories of the respective district stands ( Sejmik poselski i deputacki ):

  • Powiat Kiev ( powiat Kijowski ), Kiev
  • Powiat Ovruch ( powiat owrócki ) Ovruch
  • Powiat Zhytomyr ( powiat żytomierski ), Zhytomyr

Voivode

  • Martynas Goštautas (1471-1475)
  • Jerzy Radziwill (1510-1514)
  • Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski ( since 1559 )
  • Tomasz Zamoyski (since 1619)
  • Aleksander Zasławski (1628-1629)
  • Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski (1630-1649)
  • Adam Kisiel (1649-1653)
  • Stanisław " Rewera " Potocki (since 1655)
  • January Sobiepan Zamoyski (since 1658)
  • Andrzej Potocki (since 1668)
  • Jerzy Trubecki (since 1673 )
  • Józef Potocki (since 1702)
  • Stanisław Lubomirski (since 1772)
Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Poland) Jan Zamoyski (1627–1665)
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