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Kobyzewicz Family
The Kobyzewicz family (Polish, also: ''Kobyziewiczowie''; Russian: ''Кобызевичи,'' Ukrainian: ''Кобизевичи'') was a boyar family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th—17th centuries. The family's cadet branch, ''Kobyzewicz-Krynicki'', received the status of the Polish szlachta. The family was known for their active role in the history of Kiev. The Kobyzewicz family is claimed to be paternal to the Lyzohub family, Lizohub family of the Cossack Hetmanate. History It is currently unknown where exactly the Kobyzewicz family hailed from. The family was based near Mazyr, Mozyr (modern Belarus) in the late 15th century. In the early 1500s, two brothers, boyars Fyodor (the elder) and Ivan Kobyzewicz, inherited a landed estate (‘''a third of :ru:Великий Боков, Bokowszczina, the folwarks of Poszkowszczina and Czortkowszczina''’Владимир АНТОНОВИЧ. КИЕВСКИЕ ВОЙТЫ ХОДЫКИ Эпизод из истории город ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is a self-governing city with special status. The administrative center of the oblast is in Kyiv city, the capital of Ukraine, despite the city not being part of the oblast. The Kyiv metropolitan area extends out from Kyiv city into parts of the oblast, which is significantly dependent on the urban economy and transportation of Kyiv. The population of Kyiv Oblast is . Its largest city is Bila Tserkva, with a population over 200,000. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is in the northern part of Kyiv Oblast. It is administered separately from the oblast and public access is prohibited. History Kyiv Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on February 27, 1932 among the first five original oblasts in Ukraine. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
