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Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)

{{Short description|Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania}}

{{Infobox Former Subdivision

| native_name = {{langx|pl|Województwo nowogródzkie}}
{{langx|la|Palatinatus Novogrodensis}}

| conventional_long_name = Nowogródek Voivodeship

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| subdivision =Voivodeship

| nation = the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

| year_start = 1507

| event_start =

| date_start =

| event_end = Third partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

| date_end =

| year_end = 1795

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| p1 = Trakai Voivodeship

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| s1 = Russian Empire

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| image_flag =

| image_coat = Recueil d'armoiries polonaises Новогрудское.png

| image_map = RON województwo nowogródzkie map.svg

| image_map_caption = The Nowogródek Voivodeship within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1619

| capital = Nowogródek

| stat_area1 = 33200

| political_subdiv = counties: three, and the Duchy of Sluck and Kopyl

|membership_title1 = Country

|membership1 = {{flagicon image|Royal banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.svg|border=no}} Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1507–1569)
{{flagicon image|Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg|border=no}} Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)

|membership_title2 = Member state

|membership2 = {{flagicon image|Royal banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.svg|border=no}} Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1569–1795)

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Nowogródek Voivodeship ({{langx|pl|województwo nowogródzkie}}; {{langx|la|Palatinatus Novogrodensis}}; {{langx|lt|Naugarduko vaivadija}}; {{langx|be|Наваградзкае ваяводзтва}}) was a voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1507 to 1795, with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Novogrudok, Belarus). Since 1569 it was located in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as part of Lithuania.

History

The Voivodeship was composed of three counties, Novogrudok, Vawkavysk, Slonim, as well as the Duchy of Slutsk. It had two senators, two deputies for the Sejm, and two deputies for the Lithuanian Tribunal. Its capital was the town of Nyazvizh with the Radziwiłł family's castle and treasury.[http://literat.ug.edu.pl/glogre/0050.htm Nowogrodek Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger.] Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski. Novogrudok Voivodeship ceased to exist along with the Polish-Lithuanian state when it was partitioned out of existence.{{cite web|author=Żmigrodzki|first=Józef|title=Nowogródek i okolice|url=http://pawet.net/library/history/bel_history/_books/zmi/Żmigrodzki_J._Nowogródek_i_okolice.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515060016/http://pawet.net/library/history/bel_history/_books/zmi/%C5%BBmigrodzki_J._Nowogr%C3%B3dek_i_okolice.html|archive-date=15 May 2011|access-date=August 5, 2011|work=Nowogródek, 1931.|publisher=Nakładem Nowogródzkiego Oddziału Polsk. Tow. Krajoznawczego z zasiłkiem Ministerstwa Robót Publicznych}}

Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of the Nowogródek Voivodeship:

“Slavic lands along the upper Neman, after collapse of the Kievan Rus’ were in 1241 ransacked by the forces of the Mongol Empire, under Batu Khan. After the Mongol raid, it turned into a desert, and was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In c. 1500, local Lithuanian dukes were named voivodes, thus Nowogródek Voivodeship was created. Like the neighbouring Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Nowogródek Voivodeship was rather narrow but very long, stretching from the upper Narew and Białowieża Forest, to the spot where the Ptsich flows into the Pripyat (...)
Nowogródek Voivodeship was divided into three counties: those of Nowogródek, Wolkowysk, and Slonim. Furthermore, it included the Duchy of Sluck and Kapyl. Each county had its own sejmik, with each electing two deputies to the Sejm, and two to the Lithuanian Tribunal. It had only two senators, who were the Voivode and the Castellan of Nowogródek (...) Northern part of the voivodeship, mainly the County of Nowogródek and the Duchy of Sluck were among most fertile lands in Lithuania, with hilly landscape and several beautiful towns, such as Tuhanowicze, Switez and Woroncza".

Gallery

File:Navahradak-Troki, Pahonia. Наваградак-Трокі, Пагоня (1712).jpg|The Voivodeship's coat of arms in 1712

File:Navahradak. Наваградак (1720) (2).jpg|The Voivodeship's coat of arms in 1720

File:Navahradak, Pahonia. Наваградак, Пагоня (1794).jpg|The Voivodeship's coat of arms in 1794

File:Navahradak, Pahonia. Наваградак, Пагоня (1900).jpg|The Voivodeship's coat of arms in the 19th century (reconstruction)

Voivodes

See also

References

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