Czernihów Voivodeship

Czernihów Voivodeship
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coat of arms
Basic data
Capital :	Czernihów
Bigger cities:	Czernihów , Nowogród
history
Founded:	1635
Repealed (in fact):	1648
Dissolved (officially):	1667
Nobility title (nominal) :	until 1795
Administrative division
Counties :	2

The province Chernihiv (Polish Województwo czernihowskie , Latin Palatinatus czernihoviensis , Ukrainian Чернігівське воєводство / Tschernihivske woewodstwo ) was an administrative unit of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility Republic in the Ruthenian part of the province of Malopolska on the territory of the former principalities Chernigov and Severia of Kievan Rus . It existed from 1635 to 1648/1667. The main town was Czernihów (today Tschernihiw ). The area is on the territory of Ukraine .

history

The city of Czernihów came from Russia to Poland-Lithuania in 1618 . In 1635 the Czernihów Voivodeship was founded. In the Khmelnytskyi uprising of 1648 the area was effectively lost to Poland again, with the Treaty of Andrussowo in 1667 it officially returned to Russia . Titles of nobility from Czernihów continued to be awarded until 1795 .

Administrative division

Main town, i.e. seat of the voivode , the regional court and the regional parliament ( Sejmik ):

• Czernihów

Counties:

• Powiat Czernihów ( Powiat czernihowski ), seat in Czernihów
• Powiat Nowogród ( Powiat nowogrodzki siewierski ), seat in Nowogród

The voivodship had 2 senators: the voivode and a castellan . There were also 2 Landstarostes ( Starosta grodowy ), one from each district ( Powiat ).

Voivode

→ Main article : Voivode

• Marcin Kalinowski (1635– 1652 ) ( Hetman of the Polish Crown)

castellan

→ Main article : castellan

• January Odrzywolski (1646- 1652 )

Royal statute

Since 1635 the kings of Poland also used the designation Prince of Sewerien and Czernihów (Latin dux Severiae, Czernichoviaeque , Polish Książę siewierski i czernihowski ) in their titles, as the first Władysław IV. Wasa (Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1632–1648):
" Vladislaus Quartus Dei gratia rex Poloniae, magnus dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque, Smolenscie, Severiae , Czernichoviae que 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 , Masovia , Samogitia , Livonia , Smolensk , Severia , Chernihiv , as Erbkönig of Sweden , the Goths and Vandals , elect Grand Duke of Moscow ")
Similarly, Johann II. Casimir (1648–1668), Michael I (1669–1673), u. a.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ volumes Legum T. III s. 381

literature

• Mariusz Markiewicz: Historia Polski 1492–1795. Kraków 2004, ISBN 83-08-03579-5 .
• Urszula Augustyniak: Historia Polski 1572–1795. Warsaw 2008

Web links

Commons : Chernigov Voivodeship (1619-1667)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files