Brasław Voivodeship
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Brasław Voivodeship (1793) was created during the
Grodno Sejm Grodno Sejm (; ) was the last Sejm (session of parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Grodno Sejm, held in autumn 1793 in Grodno, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (now Grodno, Belarus) is infamous because its deputies, bribed or coe ...
in November 23 1793. The Voivodeship had capital in
Brasław Braslaw or Braslav (; ; Lithuanian: Breslauja; Polish: Brasław) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Braslaw District. As of 2025, it has a population of 9,338. History The town was first mentione ...
. It was not fully organised because of the start of
Kościuszko Uprising The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Common ...
in 1794. The Voivodeship consisted of three parts: * Bracław Land * Wilkomierz Land * Onikszty Land


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Volumina legum t. 10 Konstytucje Sejmu Grodzieńskiego z 1793 roku, Poznań 1952 History of Belarus (1795–1918) Grodno Voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania {{Lithuania-geo-stub