Ruthenian Voivodeship
Ruthenian Voivodeship | |
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Basic data | |
Capital : | Lviv |
Bigger cities: | Lviv , Chełm , Przemyśl , Sanok , Halicz |
Residents : | 1,495,000 (1770) |
Population density : | 24 inhabitants / km² |
geography | |
Area : | 55,200 km² |
Expansion: | North-South: up to 480 km West-East: up to 300 km |
The highest point: | 1346 m. ü. NN |
Deepest point: | 138 m. ü. NN |
Administrative division | |
Independent cities : | 21st |
Counties : | 13 |
The Ruthenian Voivodeship (historically also Rothreußen (Rotrussland) or Rotruthenien ; Latin Palatinatus russiae , Polish Województwo ruskie , Ukrainian Руське воєводство ) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland (1434–1569) and the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic ( 1569–1569) 1434 to 1772, which was in the Lesser Poland Province .
Today the area is divided between Poland and Ukraine .
Administrative division
The capital was Lemberg ( Polish Lwów , Ukrainian Львів Lwiw ), the seat of the state parliament was in Sądowa Wisznia ( Ukrainian Судова Вишня Sudowa Wyschnja ). The higher courts of law at the following castles were responsible for the jurisdiction, which took place under German law:
It consisted of five countries: around Lwów , Sanok , Halicz , Przemyśl and Chełm .
Chełmer Land
Chełmer Land ( Polish Ziemia chełmska ), capital Cholm ( Polish Chełm , Ukrainian Холм Cholm )
- Chełm District ( Polish Powiat Chełmski ), main town Chełm
- Krasnystaw district ( Polish Powiat krasnystawski ), capital Krasnystaw ( Ukrainian Красностав Krasnostaw )
- Ratno district ( Polish Powiat ratneński ), main town Ratno ( Ukrainian Ра́тне Ratne )
Halitian country
Halitscher country ( Polish Ziemia Halicka ), capital Halych ( Polish Halicz , Ukrainian Галич Halych )
- District Halitsch ( Polish Powiat halicki ), capital Halitsch
- Kolomyja district ( Polish powiat kołomyjski ), capital Kolomyja ( Ukrainian Коломия Kolomyja )
- Trembowla district ( Polish Powiat trembowelski ), capital Trembowla ( Ukrainian Теребовля Terebowlja )
Lviv country
Lemberger Land ( Polish Ziemia lwowska ), capital Lemberg ( Polish Lwów , Ukrainian Львів Lwiw )
- District of Lemberg ( Polish Powiat lwowski ), capital Lemberg
- District Żydaczów ( Polish Powiat żydaczowski ), capital Żydaczów ( Ukrainian Жидачів Schydatschiw )
Przemyśler Land
Przemyśler Land ( Polish Ziemia przemyska ), capital Przemyśl
- Przemyśl District ( Polish Powiat przemyski ), capital Przemyśl
- Sambor district ( Polish Powiat samborski ), capital Sambir ( Ukrainian Самбір Sambir )
- District Drohobycz ( Polish Powiat drohobycki ), capital Drohobycz ( Ukrainian Дрогобич Drohobytsch )
- District Stryj ( Polish Powiat stryjski ), capital Stryj ( Ukrainian Стрий Stryj )
Sanoker Land
Sanoker Land ( Polish Ziemia sanocka ), capital Sanok
Voivodes
- Stanisław Chodecki de Chotcza, 1466–1474
- Jakub Buczacki 1497-1501
- Stanisław Kmita of Wisnicz, 1500–
- Jan Odrowąż , 1510–
- Jan Amor Tarnowski , (from April 2, 1527–1535)
- Stanisław Odrowąż , 1542–1545
- Piotr Firlej , 1545-1553
- Mikołaj Sieniawski , 1553–1569
- Jerzy Jazłowiecki , 1569–1575
- Hieronim Jarosz Sieniawski , 1576
- Jan Daniłowicz by Olesko, 1605
- Stanisław Lubomirski (from 1628 to 1638)
- Jakub Sobieski , 1641–
- Jeremi Wiśniowiecki , (from IV 1646-1651)
- Stefan Czarniecki -1664
- Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski , 1664–
- Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski , 1697–1731
- August Aleksander Czartoryski , (from 1731)
- Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki , (from 1782 to 1789)
history
Originally the borders of Ruthenia were similar to the area between the rivers (Western) Bug and Wieprz. Its Polish name was ziemia czerwieńska, or "Czerwiener Land", named either after Czerwień (red color in Polish), Powiat Hrubieszowski or after the name of the town of Czerwonograd, 300 km to the east.
This area was first mentioned in 981 when Volodymyr the Great of the Kievan Rus conquered the area on the way to central Poland. In 1018 it belonged to Poland, 1031 again to Rus. From 1340 the Polish king Casimir III. the Great († 1370) gradually part of Red Ruthenia. Since then the name Ruś Czerwona, literally translated Red Ruthenia, has been passed down, which was extended to the Dniester . Under the Polish-Lithuanian King Władysław Jagiełło , Przemyśl became the seat of the voivodeship, after which it was moved to Lviv.
As a result of the first partition of Poland , around 80% of the voivodeship came to the Habsburg Monarchy as Galicia in 1772 . The northern part of Ruthenia was added to the Russian Empire . The previous royal seat of Lviv became the capital of the new Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and the fourth largest city of the Habsburg multi-ethnic state.
In the interwar period the area belonged to the Second Polish Republic. Currently this area is divided: the western part around Przemyśl is in Poland and the eastern part around Lviv (Lviv) is part of western Ukraine.
Red Russians
The name "Rotreußen" (Old Slavonic, Russian or Ukrainian: Chervona Rus, Polish: Ruś Czerwona, Latin: Ruthenia Rubra or Russia Rubra) has been used since the Middle Ages, the area was known as Eastern Galicia before the First World War . The city of Halicz gave Galicia its name.
Population development
The population increased from 943,000 in 1629 to 1,495,000 in 1770.
See also
- Administrative division of the Polish aristocratic republic
- Ruthenia
- Lesser Poland
- Cherven castles
- History of Galicia
literature
- Aleksander Jabłonowski: Ziemie ruskie. Ruś Czerwona In Polska XVI wieku pod plus geograficzno-statystycznym , Warszawska drukarnia estetyczna, Warszawa 1902, T. VII. Cz. I. (Polish)
- Aleksander Jabłonowski: Ziemie ruskie. Ruś Czerwona In Polska XVI wieku pod plus geograficzno-statystycznym , Warszawa 1903, T. VII. Cz. II (Polish)
- Vitaliy Mychajlowskyj: Russke wojewodsstwo In Entsyklopedija isstoriji Ukrajiny , Naukowa dumka, Kiev 2012, T. 9: Прил - С, ISBN 978-966-00-1290-5 . P. 396. (Ukrainian)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Vitaly Mychajlowskyj, Russke wojewodsstwo