:Kiev Voivodeship

{{short description|Subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland}}

{{Infobox Former Subdivision

| native_name = {{native name|la|Palatinatus Kioviensis}}
{{native name|pl|Województwo kijowskie}}
{{native name|uk|Київське воєводство}}

| conventional_long_name = Kiev Voivodeship

| common_name = Ukraine

| subdivision = Voivodeship

| nation = Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth¹

| image_flag =

| image_coat = COA of Kiev Voivodship XVII.svg

| image_map = RON województwo kijowskie map.svg

| image_map_caption = The Kiev Voivodeship in
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.

| capital = (Kijów (Kyiv), 1471–1667), Żytomierz (Zhytomyr, 1667–1793)

| stat_area1 = 200000

| stat_year1 = 1793

| stat_pop1 = 500,000

| p1 = Principality of Kiev

| s1 = Cossack Hetmanate

| s2 = Kiev Viceroyalty

| year_start = 1471

| event_start = death of Simeon Olelkovich

| event1 = 2nd Muscovite–Lithuanian War

| date_event1 = 1503

| event2 = Union of Lublin

| date_event2 = 1569

| event3 = Khmelnytsky Uprising

| date_event3 = 1648

| event4 = Truce of Andrusovo

| date_event4 = 1667

| year_end = 1793

| event_end = Second partition

| title_leader = Voivode

| leader1 = Martynas Goštautas (first)

| year_leader1 = 1471–1475

| leader2 = Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (transition)

| year_leader2 = 1559–1608

| leader3 = Antoni Protazy Potocki (last)

| year_leader3 = 1791–1793

| political_subdiv = counties: {{ubl|9 (1471–1569)|7 (1569–1667)|3 (1667–1793)}}

| footnotes = ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569.

| demonym = Kievan

| today = Ukraine, partially Belarus

}}

File:BASSE VOLHYNIE, ou PALATINAT DE KIOW, tiré entierement de la grade Ukraine, Nicholas Sanson (Paris, 1665).jpg

File:Crop focusing on the Kiev Voivodeship in the Prototype of the "special" map of Ukraine.jpg

File:Polen in den Grenzen vor 1660.jpg

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The Kiev Voivodeship[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CY%5CKyivvoivodeship.htm Kyiv voivodeship in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine] ({{langx|pl|Województwo kijowskie}}; {{langx|la|Palatinatus Kioviensis}}; {{langx|uk|Київське воєводство|Kyivske voievodstvo}}) 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).{{Cite web |url=http://www.manoprograma.com/Adelaide%2520Tunto%2520Handbook/Lithuanian%2520History.pdf |title=Lithuanian History |access-date=24 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530032454/http://www.manoprograma.com/Adelaide%20Tunto%20Handbook/Lithuanian%20History.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://izbornyk.org.ua/dynasty/dyn.htm|title = Леонтій Войтович. Князівські династії Східної Європи}}

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 ({{langx|pl|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).{{langx|pl|wojewoda kijowski}} In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the other two major administrative positions were castellan{{langx|pl|kasztelan kijowski}} and bishop (biskup kijowski).

List of voivodes of Kiev
Castellan of Kijow (city governor)
Vogt of Kijow

Flag and coat of arms

The flag on one side had Lithuanian Pogon on red field and on other side black bear on white field with his front left paw raised up.[https://literat.ug.edu.pl/glogre/0041.htm Województwo Kijowskie].

Regional council (sejmik)

Zhytomyr

=Regional council ({{langx|pl|link=no|sejmik generalny}}) for all Ruthenian lands=

Sudova Vyshnia

=Regional council ({{langx|pl|link=no|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==

Putywl County, Putywl (lost after the second Muscovite–Lithuanian War)
Mozyrz County, Mozyrz (transferred to Minsk Voivodeship under the Union of Lublin)
Czerkasy County, Czerkasy (liquidated in 1566)
Czarnobyl County, Czarnobyl (liquidated in 1566)

==Former counties lost under the Treaty of Andrusovo==

Lubecz County, Lubecz
Oster County, Oster
City of Kijow

=Elderships (Starostwo)=

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

==Free royal cities==

Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

File:Kiou1562.jpg in 1570.]]

References

Sources

[http://literat.ug.edu.pl/glogre/0041.htm Kijow Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger]

External links

[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CY%5CKyivvoivodeship.htm Kyiv voivodeship] in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?showHidden=1&art_id=3118354&cat_id=32672&ctime=1066649296558 Cossack era on Ukrainian Government portal]
[http://www.allempires.info/article/index.php?q=The_Zaphorozian_Cossacks The Zaphorozian Cossacks]
{{in lang|pl}} Województwo kijowskie [in:] [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/?find_in=fulltext&volume_id=1&find_text=wojew%C3%B3dztwo+kijowskie&search_volume=all&x=0&y=0 Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other slavic lands]
Palatinatus Kioviensis Pars. Boristhenem alias Dzikie Pola. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004154829/http://www.ocrenica.com/340_Maps_of_Dnipro_River.htm].by Joannis Janssonii. Amsterdam. 1663.
{{in lang|de}} [http://68.178.150.41/htdocs/zoom/21075.htm Der königlichen Republik Polen Woiwodschaft Kiow]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} das ist die obere Polnische Ukraine oder Klein Polens oestlicher Theil. Nor. 46 Vienna. Franz Johann Josef von Reilly 1791
{{in lang|uk}} [http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?Z21ID=&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Kyivske_voevodstvo Kyiv Voivodeship] in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine