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Minsk Voivodeship, the Glossary

Minsk Voivodeship (Menskaje vajavodztva; Województwo mińskie; Minsko vaivadija; Palatinatus Minscensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1566 and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, until the partitions of the Commonwealth in 1793.^[1]

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1413 establishments in Europe
15th-century establishments in Lithuania
1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Early modern history of Belarus
Former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
History of Minsk
States and territories disestablished in 1793
States and territories established in 1566
Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Alexander Jagiellon

Alexander Jagiellon (Aleksander Jagiellończyk; Aleksandras Jogailaitis; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) of the House of Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1492 and King of Poland from 1501 until his death in 1506.

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Berezina

The Berezina or Byarezina (Biarezina,; Березина) is a river in Belarus and a right tributary of the Dnieper.

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Bohdan Pawłowicz Sapieha

Bohdan Pawłowicz Sapieha (died 1593), a.k.a. Bohdan Sapieha of Boćki was a dignitary from Sapieha family in Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Brest Litovsk Voivodeship

Brest Litovsk Voivodeship (Берасьцейскае ваяводзтва; Województwo brzeskolitewskie) was a unit of administrative territorial division and a seat of local government (voivode) within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) since 1566 until the May Constitution in 1791, and from 1791 to 1795 (partitions of Poland) as a voivodeship in Poland. Minsk Voivodeship and Brest Litovsk Voivodeship are Early modern history of Belarus, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and states and territories established in 1566.

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Casimir IV Jagiellon

Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk; Lithuanian:; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492.

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Castellan

A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.

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Chernihiv Voivodeship

Czernihów (Chernihiv) Voivodeship (Województwo czernihowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) from 1635 until Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648 (technically it existed up until 1654). Minsk Voivodeship and Chernihiv Voivodeship are voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Coat of arms of Lithuania

The coat of arms of Lithuania is a mounted armoured knight holding a sword and shield, known as Vytis.

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Commission of National Education

The Commission of National Education (Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, KEN; Edukacinė komisija) was the central educational authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created by the Sejm and King Stanisław II August on October 14, 1773.

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Dnieper

The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.

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Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania. Minsk Voivodeship and Grand Duchy of Lithuania are Early modern history of Belarus.

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Grodno

Grodno (Гродно; Grodno) or Hrodna (Гродна) is a city in western Belarus.

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History of Minsk

Early East Slavs settled the forested hills of today's Minsk by the 9th century.

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Jan Abramowicz

Jan Abramowicz (Jonas Abramavičius; died 19 June 1602) was a nobleman in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and one of the leaders of Calvinism in the country.

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Józef Mikołaj Radziwiłł

Prince Józef Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1736–1813) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic).

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Kiev Voivodeship

The Kiev Voivodeship (Województwo kijowskie; Palatinatus Kioviensis; 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. Minsk Voivodeship and Kiev Voivodeship are 15th-century establishments in Lithuania, 1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, states and territories disestablished in 1793 and voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Kontusz

A kontusz (Polish plural kontusze; kuntush, Lithuanian: kontušas; originally from Hungarian köntös- "robe") is a type of outer garment worn by the Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian male nobility.

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Lithuanian Tribunal

The Lithuanian Tribunal (Trybunał Główny Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was the highest appellate court for the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Magdeburg rights

Magdeburg rights (Magdeburger Recht, Prawo magdeburskie, Magdeburgo teisė; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted by the local ruler.

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Massalski family

Coat of Arms of the Massalski family The House of Massalski (Plural: Massalscy, feminine form: Massalska), sometimes Masalski, Massalsky or Mosalsky, is a Polish-Lithuanian, Russian-Lithuanian princely family of Ruthenian origin from the Principality of Chernigov and based on the city of Mosalsk.

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Mikołaj Sapieha (1581–1638)

Mikołaj Sapieha (Mikalojus Sapiega) (1581–1638) was a voivode (Voivode of Mińsk (1611–1618), Voivode of Nowogródek (1618–1638)) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Mikołaj Sapieha (1581–1644)

Mikołaj Sapieha (Mykalojus Sapiega) (1581–1644) also known as Pobożny ("Pious") was a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Great Standard-Keeper of Lithuania.

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Minsk

Minsk (Мінск,; Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers.

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Minsk Governorate

Minsk Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Minsk.

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Mstsislaw Voivodeship

Mstislaw Voivodeship or Mścisław Voivodeship (Амсьціслаўскае ваяводзтва; Województwo Mścisławskie; Palatinatus Mscislaviensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), since the 15th century until the Partitions of Poland in 1795. Minsk Voivodeship and Mstsislaw Voivodeship are Early modern history of Belarus, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, states and territories established in 1566 and voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Novogrudok

Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Навагрудак; Новогрудок; Nowogródek, Naugardukas; נאַוואַראַדאָק) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus.

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Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)

Nowogródek Voivodeship (województwo nowogródzkie; Palatinatus Novogrodensis; Naugarduko vaivadija; Наваградзкае ваяводзтва) was a voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1507 to 1795, with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Novogrudok, Belarus). Minsk Voivodeship and Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795) are Early modern history of Belarus, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.

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Piotr Tyszkiewicz

Piotr Tyszkiewicz (born 4 September 1970) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Minsk Voivodeship and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth are Early modern history of Belarus.

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Polish–Lithuanian union

The Polish–Lithuanian union was a relationship created by a series of acts and alliances between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that lasted for prolonged periods of time from 1385 and led to the creation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, or the "Republic of the Two Nations", in 1569 and eventually to the creation of a unitary state in 1791.

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Polotsk Voivodeship

Polotsk or Połock Voivodeship (Palatinatus Polocensis; Polocko vaivadija; Województwo połockie, Полацкае ваяводства) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Grand Duchy of Lithuania) since the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1793. Minsk Voivodeship and Polotsk Voivodeship are 1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Early modern history of Belarus, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, states and territories disestablished in 1793 and voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.

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Principality of Minsk

The Principality of Minsk was an appanage principality of the Principality of Polotsk and centered on the city of Minsk (today in Belarus). Minsk Voivodeship and principality of Minsk are history of Minsk.

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Pripyat (river)

The Pripyat or Prypiat is a river in Eastern Europe.

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Ptsich

The Ptsich, or Pcič (Пціч) is a river in Eastern Europe.

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Second Partition of Poland

The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.

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Sejm

The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.

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Sejmik

A sejmik (diminutive of sejm, occasionally translated as a dietine; seimelis) was one of various local parliaments in the history of Poland and history of Lithuania.

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Snov

The Snov is a river in Bryansk Oblast in Russia and Chernihiv Oblast in Ukraine, right tributary of the Desna River (Dnieper basin).

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Sozh

The Sozh (Sož,; Сож; Сож) is a river flowing in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

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Ubort

The Ubort (Russian and Ukrainian: Уборть;, Ubarć) is a river in Zhytomyr Oblast (Ukraine) and Gomel Region (Belarus), a right tributary to the Pripyat in the Dnieper river basin.

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Union of Lublin

The Union of Lublin (Unia lubelska; Liublino unija) was signed on 1 July 1569 in Lublin, Poland, and created a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest countries in Europe at the time.

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Vilnius Voivodeship

The Vilnius Voivodeship (Palatinatus Vilnensis, Vilniaus vaivadija, województwo wileńskie, Віленскае ваяводства) was one of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's voivodeships, which existed from the voivodeship's creation in 1413 to the destruction of the Lithuanian state in 1795. Minsk Voivodeship and Vilnius Voivodeship are 1413 establishments in Europe, 15th-century establishments in Lithuania, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Vitebsk Voivodeship

Vitebsk Voivodeship (Віцебскае ваяводзтва; Województwo witebskie; Palatinatus Vitebsciensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) from the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1795. Minsk Voivodeship and Vitebsk Voivodeship are Early modern history of Belarus, former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Voivode

Voivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_Voivodeship

Also known as Minsk Voivodship, Minskas Voivodship, Mińsk Voivodeship, Mińsk Voivodship, Voivode of Minsk, Voivode of Mińsk.

Minsk Voivodeship, the Glossary

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1413 establishments in Europe

15th-century establishments in Lithuania

1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Early modern history of Belarus

Former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania

History of Minsk

States and territories disestablished in 1793

States and territories established in 1566

Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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