Vitebsk Voivodeship

Vitebsk Voivodeship ( _pl. Województwo Witebskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795.

Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:
* Vitebsk

Voivodes: Samuel Sanguszko (1629- XI 1638), Paweł Jan Sapieha (15 VIII 1646-)

Administrative division:
*Vitebsk Voivodeship consisted since the Andrussov peace 1667 of two lesser units-counties (powiaty):Witebsk and Orsza.The first was lost two Russia in 1772, and only a little part of the second belonged to the Commonwealth until 1793.