Podole Voivodeship

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Województwo Podolskie Palatinatus Podoliae Podole Voivodeship Voivodeship of Poland¹ ← [[Image:|border|30px]] 1434 – 1793 [[Image:|border|30px]] → Coat of arms Podole Voivodeship the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. Capital Kamieniec Podolski History  - Established 1434  - Second partition 1793 Area 17.770 km² (7 sq mi) Political Subdivisions Land counties: 3 ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569.

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The Podole Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Podolskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, since the 14th century till 1793/1795, except for a short period of Ottoman Empire administration (1672–1699). Together with the Bracław Voivodeship it formed the historical province of Podolia. Today the region belongs to Ukraine.

Contents 1 History 2 Municipal government 3 Administrative division 4 Voivodes 5 Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

[edit] History

Podole Voivodeship was formed from the territories of the Duchy of Podole.

[edit] Municipal government

Voivodeship Governor (voivode) seat:

• Kamieniec Podolski

Regional council (sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands

• Sądowa Wisznia

Regional council (sejmik poselski i deputacki) seats:

• Kamieniec Podolski

[edit] Administrative division

• Kamieniec County (Powiat Kamieniecki), Kamieniec Podolski
• Czerwonograd County (Powiat Czerwonogradzki), Czerwonogród
• Latyczów County (Powiat Sanocki), Latyczów

[edit] Voivodes

• Mikolaj Mielecki
• Stanisław Odrowąż (since 1535)
• Tomasz Zamoyski (since 1618)
• Marcin Krasicki (1630–1632/1633)
• Marcin Kazanowski (1632/1633–1636)
• Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (1636–1653)

[edit] Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions

• Ruthenian Voivodeship
• Wolhynian Voivodeship
• Kijów Voivodeship
• Braclaw Voivodeship
• Moldavia

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