Chernihiv Voivodeship

Chernihiv Voivodeship
Województwo Czernihowskie
Chernihiv Voivodeship
Voivodeship of Poland¹

1635–1654

Coat of arms of Chernihiv Voivodeship

Coat of arms

Location of Chernihiv Voivodeship
Chernihiv Voivodeship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital Chernihiv
History
 - Established 1635
 - Disestablished 1654
Political subdivisions Land counties: 2

Chernihiv (Chernigov, Czernihów) Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Czernihowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) from 1635 until Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648 (but technically existed up until 1654). Also it was used as a szlachta title in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until partitions of Poland in 1772/1795. In 1635, Marcin Kalinowski was the first voivode (governor) of the Chernigov Voivodeship.

Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

Voivodes: Marcin Kalinowski (1635-1652)

Administrative divisions:

  • Chernigov County
  • Nowogród County



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