Kiev Voivodeship

Kiev Voivodeship Palatinatus Kioviensis Województwo kijowskie Київське воєводство
Voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth¹
1471–1793
Coat of arms
The Kiev Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital	(Kijów (Kyiv), 1471–1667), Żytomierz (Zhytomyr, 1667–1793)
Demonym	Kievan
Area
• 1793	200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1793	500,000
Government
Voivode
• 1471–1475	Martynas Goštautas (first)
• 1559–1608	Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (transition)
• 1791–1793	Antoni Protazy Potocki (last)
History
• death of Simeon Olelkovich	1471
• 2nd Muscovite–Lithuanian War	1503
• Union of Lublin	1569
• Khmelnytsky Uprising	1648
• Truce of Andrusovo	1667
• Second partition	1793
Political subdivisions	counties: 9 (1471–1569) 7 (1569–1667) 3 (1667–1793)
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Kiev Cossack Hetmanate Kiev Viceroyalty
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569.

The Kiev Voivodeship^[1] (Polish: województwo kijowskie; Latin: Palatinatus Kioviensis; Ukrainian: Київське воєводство, romanized: 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.