This the list of voivodes of Kiev. A Kiev voivode ( pl, wojewoda kijowski) was the major administrative position in
Kiev Voivodship, in the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...
from 1471 until 1569 and in of the
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793.
In the 15–16th centuries, all of the
voivode
Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...
s were of Lithuanian or Ruthenian origin, such as Holszański and Radziwiłł. Later belonged to Eastern Orthodox families of
Ostrogski
The House of Ostrogski ( pl, Ostrogscy, lt, Ostrogiškiai, ua, Острозькі - ''Ostroz'ki'') was one of the more prominent families in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The fa ...
and
Zaslawski and for short period
Movilești (Lozynski). From the beginning of the 17th century, the voivodes of Polish origin, along with Ruthenian, were chosen for the office, particularly Potocki.
Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1471–1569)
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Martynas Goštautas
Martynas Goštautas ( pl, Marcin Janowicz Gas(z)tołd, links=no or ''Marcin Gasztołdowicz''; uk, Га́штовт Марти́н Іва́нович, links=no; 1428, Vilnius – c. 1483, Vilnius) was a nobleman from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania o ...
(Marcin Gasztołd) (1471–1475)
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Ivan Chodkiewicz (Jonas Ivanas Chodkevičius) (1480–1484)
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Jerzy Pac
Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish.
Peopl ...
(Jurgis Pacas) (1486–1492)
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Dymitr Putiatycz (Dmytro Putyatych) (1492–1505)
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Jerzy Montowtowicz (Jurgis Montovtt) (1505–1508)
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Jan Gliński (Jonas Glinskis, Ivan Hlynsky) (1508)
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Jerzy Holszański (Jurgis Alšėniškis, Yuriy Olshansky) (1508–1511)
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Jerzy Radziwiłł
Jerzy Radziwiłł ( lt, Jurgis Radvila; 1480 – April 1541), nicknamed "Herkules", was a Szlachta, Polish–Lithuanian nobleman.
He was Podczaszy, Deputy Cup-Bearer of Lithuania from 1510, voivode of Kiev Voivodeship from 1510, Field Hetma ...
(Jurgis Radvila) (1511–1514)
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Andrzej Niemirowicz (Andriy Nemyrych) (1514–1541)
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Jan Holszański (Ivan Olshansky) (1542–1544)
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Fryderyk Proński
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's BR ...
(Semen Hlebovych Pronsky, Frederikas Prunskis) (1545–1555)
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Hrehory Chodkiewicz
Hrehory Chodkiewicz ( lt, Grigorijus Chodkevičius, uk, Григорій Олександрович Ходкевич, translit=Hryhorii Oleksandrovych Khodkevych; – 9 November 1572) was a Ruthenian noble and military officer of the Grand ...
(Grigorijus Chodkevičius) (1555–1559)
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Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 or 23 February 1608, also known as ''Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozkyi'', uk, Костянтин-Василь Острозький, be, Канстантын Васіль Астрожскi, lt, Konst ...
(Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozky) (1559–1569)
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1569–1793)
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Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski
Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (2 February 1526 – 13 or 23 February 1608, also known as ''Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozkyi'', uk, Костянтин-Василь Острозький, be, Канстантын Васіль Астрожскi, lt, Konst ...
(1559–1608)
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Stanisław Żółkiewski
Stanisław Żółkiewski (; 1547 – 7 October 1620) was a Polish nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, magnate, military commander and a chancellor of the Polish crown of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, who took part in many campaigns ...
(1608–1618)
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Tomasz Zamoyski
Tomasz Zamoyski (1594 – 7 January 1638) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman ( szlachcic) and magnate.
He travelled to London in July 1615 and was invited to hunt with King James at Theobalds. The master of ceremonies at the English court Lewis ...
(1619–1628)
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Aleksander Zasławski
Aleksander Zasławski (died 1629) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, voivode of Bracław (died 1628) and voivode of Kiev (1628–1629).
In 1620 he inherited much wealth from his relative, Janusz Ostrogski.
Son of Janusz Zasławski and Aleksandra ...
(1629)
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Stefan Chmielecki
Stefan Chmielecki (died 1630) was a Polish noble of Chmieleccy noble family and voivode of Kiev (1629–1630). He was married to Teofila Chmielecka. He used Chmielecki's family crest: Bończa coat of arms
Bończa is a Polish coat of arms.
Nota ...
(1629–1630)
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Janusz Tyszkiewicz (1630–1649)
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Adam Kisiel
Adam Kisiel also Adam Kysil, ( pl, Adam Kisiel ; 1580 or 1600-1653) was a Ruthenian nobleman, the Voivode of Kyiv (1649-1653) and castellan or voivode of Czernihów (1639-1646). Kisiel has become better known for his mediation during the Khmel ...
(1650–1653)
** since 1654 in
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...
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Stanisław Rewera Potocki (1655–1658)
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Jan Zamoyski
Jan Sariusz Zamoyski ( la, Ioannes Zamoyski de Zamoscie; 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, and the 1st '' ordynat'' of Zamość. He served as the Royal Secretary from 1565, Deputy Chancellor from 1576, Grand Cha ...
(1658–1659)
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Jan Wyhowski (1659–1664)
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Stefan Czarniecki
Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate holding one of the highest offices in the Com ...
(1664–1665)
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Michał Stanisławski (1665–1668)
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Andrzej Potocki
Andrzej Potocki (; 1630 – 30 August 1691) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, politician, general and military commander. He held a number of political and military positions and was a skilled commander and successfully protected the Eastern Borde ...
(1668–1681)
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Feliks Kazimierz Potocki
Feliks Kazimierz "Szczęsny" Potocki (1630–1702) was a Polish noble, magnate and military leader.
He was the son of Hetman and magnate Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki and Zofia Kalinowska, and brother of Hetman Andrzej Potocki. He married the ...
(1682)
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Stefan Niemirycz (1682–1684)
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Marcin Kątski
Count Marcin Kazimierz Kątski of Brochwicz (1636 – 1710) was a Polish nobleman, politician, diplomat, scholar, military commander, General of Artillery of the Crown (1667–1710), the Voivode of Kiev (1684–1702) and Castellan of Krak ...
(1684–1702)
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Józef Potocki
Józef Potocki (; 1673–1751) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic), magnate, Great Hetman of the Crown.
Józef was considered as the richest magnate in Poland at that time. He was Voivode of Kijów Voivodship (Kyiv, also Kiev) from 1702 to 1744, ...
(1702–1744)
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Stanisław Potocki (1744–1756)
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Franciszek Salezy Potocki
Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700–1772) was a Polish nobleman, diplomat, politician and knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on August 3, 1750 in Warsaw. Potocki was the wealthiest magnate of his time and the owner of large propert ...
(1756–1772)
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Stanisław Lubomirski (1772–1785)
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Józef Gabriel Stempkowski (1785–1791)
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Antoni Protazy Potocki
Antoni Protazy Potocki (11 September 1761 – 1801), aka Prot, was a Polish nobleman and an early Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur. He was born to Paula née Szembek coat of arms, Szembek and her second husband, Count Jan Prosper House of Potocki, P ...
(1791–1793)
{{Voivodes of Kiev
Muscovy
* Boyar Feodor Kurakin (1653), siege voivode
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Vasiliy Buturlin
Vasiliy Vasilyevich Buturlin (Died 1656) was a noble ( boyar) Muscovite military leader and diplomat. He is better known for serving as a Muscovite envoy during negotiations with Bohdan Khmelnytskyi in Pereyaslav in 1654. Next year Buturlin success ...
(1654), envoy to the Pereyaslav Council
* Andrei Buturlin (1656–1658)
* Boyar
Vasiliy Sheremetev (1658–1660)
* Prince
Yury Baryatinsky
Yury Nikitich Baryatinski (russian: Юрий Никитич Барятинский; born in 1610, died in 1685) was a Russian knyaz, boyar and voyevoda from the Rurikid house of Baryatinsky.
Baryatinsky was born as a son of Nikita Petrovich Bary ...
(1658–1663), comrade to Vasiliy Sheremetev (1658–1660) and Grigoriy Kurakin (1662–1663)
* Ivan Chaadayev (1658–1661, 1663–1665)
* Ivan Rzhevskiy (1661), siege voivode
* Prince Nikita Lvov (1665–1666)
* Vasiliy Sheremetev (1665–1669)
* Peotr Sheremetev Senior (1665–1669)
* Prince Grigoriy Kozlovskiy (1669–1673), first voivode
* Prince
Yuriy Trubetskoy (1673–1679)
* Prince Daniil Veliko-Gagin (1672–1674)
* Prince Aleksei Golitsyn (1675–1676)
* Prince Ivan Troyekurov (1678–1680), first voivode
* Daniil Baryatinsky (1678–1682), second voivode
* Ivan Khitrovo Senior (1679–1681)
* Yeremei Pashkov (1680–1683), third voivode
* Leontiy Neplyuyev (1681)
* Peotr Prozorovskiy Junior (1682–1683), first voivode
* Boyar Feodor Sheremetev (1684–????), first voivode
* Boyar Feodor Saltykov
* Ivan Buturlin (1688–1689)
* Prince Mikhail Romodanovskiy (1689–1692)
* Prince Luka Dolgorukov (1691–1693)
* Prince Peotr Khovanskiy Senior (1693–1696)
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