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Ruthenia Voivodeship (; 1366–1772) was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland (see Kingdom of Poland [1320–1385], Kingdom of Poland [1385–1569
Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Poland state created by the accession of Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to the Polish throne in 1386....
], and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1569–1791
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
). Together with Belz Voivodeship
Belz Voivodeship

Belz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
, it formed Lesser Poland Province
Prowincja

A prowincja , or province, was the largest territorial subdivision in Poland, and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The history of these "provinces" dates to the period of fragmentation of Poland and to Casimir III of Poland's statuty wislicko-piotrkowskie ....
 with its capital city in Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
. Part of Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 region. This region was later largely part of the Austrian
Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
 province of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official ) was a kingdom dependent to the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria?Hungary from 1772 to 1917; independent from July 26, 1917 to November 14, 1918....
 and today is divided among Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 and Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
.

led in prehistoric times, the central-eastern European land that is now (sountern-eastern part in Poland, western in Ukraine) was overrun in pre-Roman times by various tribes, including the Celts, Goths
Goths

The Goths were East Germanic tribes who, in the 3rd and 4th centuries, invasion the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the 5th and 6th centuries, divided as the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula and Italy....
 and Vandals
Vandals

The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Goths Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and regent of the Visigoths, was allied by marriage with the Vandals as well as with the Burgundians and the Franks under Clovis I....
 (Przeworsk culture
Przeworsk culture

The Przeworsk culture is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex that dates from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century. It was located in what is now central and southern Poland and parts of eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia ranging between the Oder and the middle and upper Vistula Rivers into the headwaters of the Dniester and...
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Ruthenia Voivodeship (; 1366–1772) was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland (see Kingdom of Poland [1320–1385], Kingdom of Poland [1385–1569
Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Poland state created by the accession of Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to the Polish throne in 1386....
], and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1569–1791
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
). Together with Belz Voivodeship
Belz Voivodeship

Belz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
, it formed Lesser Poland Province
Prowincja

A prowincja , or province, was the largest territorial subdivision in Poland, and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The history of these "provinces" dates to the period of fragmentation of Poland and to Casimir III of Poland's statuty wislicko-piotrkowskie ....
 with its capital city in Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
. Part of Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 region. This region was later largely part of the Austrian
Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
 province of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official ) was a kingdom dependent to the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria?Hungary from 1772 to 1917; independent from July 26, 1917 to November 14, 1918....
 and today is divided among Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 and Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
.

History

Settled in prehistoric times, the central-eastern European land that is now (sountern-eastern part in Poland, western in Ukraine) was overrun in pre-Roman times by various tribes, including the Celts, Goths
Goths

The Goths were East Germanic tribes who, in the 3rd and 4th centuries, invasion the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the 5th and 6th centuries, divided as the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula and Italy....
 and Vandals
Vandals

The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Goths Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and regent of the Visigoths, was allied by marriage with the Vandals as well as with the Burgundians and the Franks under Clovis I....
 (Przeworsk culture
Przeworsk culture

The Przeworsk culture is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex that dates from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century. It was located in what is now central and southern Poland and parts of eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia ranging between the Oder and the middle and upper Vistula Rivers into the headwaters of the Dniester and...
). After the fall of the Roman Empire, of which most of eastern Poland was part (all parts below the San
San River

The San is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the Vistula River, with a length of 433 km and a basin area of 16,861 km? ....
 and Dniester), the area was invaded by Hungarians
Hungarian people

Hungarians are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. There are around 10 million Magyars in Hungary . Hungarians were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed through most of the second millennium....
, Slavs and Avars
Eurasian Avars

The 'Avars' were a highly organized and powerful Turkic confederation. They were ruled by a khagan, who was surrounded by a tight-knit retinue of nomad warriors, an organization characteristic of Turkic peoples groups....
. The region subsequently became part of the Great Moravia
Great Moravia

Great Moravia was a Slavic people state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century. There is some controversy as to the actual location of its core territory....
n state. Upon the invasion of the Hungarian tribes into the heart of the Great Moravian Empire around 899, the Lendians
Lendians

The Lendians were a Lechitic languages tribe recorded to have inhabited the ill-defined area in East Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia between the 7th and 11th centuries....
 of the area declared their allegiance to Hungarian Empire. The region then became a site of contention between Poland, Kievan Rus and Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 starting in at least the 9th century. Originally it was related to a certain territory between Western Bug
Western Bug

The Bug or Buh River , sometimes called the Western Bug to distinguish it from the Southern Bug, flows from central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between Ukraine and Poland, passes along the Poland-Belarusian border and into Poland, and empties into the Narew river near Serock ....
 and Wieprz rivers. Its Polish name was Ziemia czerwienska, or "Czerwien Land" by the name of Cherven, a town that existed there. (Today there are several towns with this name, none of them related to Red Ruthenia) .

This area was mentioned for the first time in 981, when Volodymyr the Great of Kievan Rus took the area over on the way inside Poland. In 1018 it returned to Poland, 1031 back to Rus. For approximately 150 years it existed as the independent Ruthenia
Ruthenia

Ruthenia is a geographic and culturo-ethnic name applied to the parts of Eastern Europe populated by Eastern Slavic peoples, as well as to the past Russian states that existed in these territories....
n principality or kingdom of Halych-Volhynia
Halych-Volhynia

The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia , or Galicia-Vladimir, was a principality in post-Kievan Rus in the late 12th century and existed until the middle of the 14th century....
, before being conquered by Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III of Poland

Casimir III the Great , last List of Polish monarchs from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high and Jadwiga of Gniezno and Greater Poland....
 in 1349. Since these times the name Rus Czerwona is recorded, translated as "Red Ruthenia" ("Czerwien" means red color in Slavic languages
Slavic languages

File:Slavic europe.svgThe Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia....
 or from Polish village Czermno
Czermno

Czermno may refer to the following places:*Czermno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Czermno, Lublin Voivodeship *Czermno, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship ...
), applied to a territory extended up to Dniester River, with priority gradually transferred to Przemysl
Przemysl

File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
. Since the times of Wladyslaw Jagiello, the Przemysl voivodeship
Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
 was called Ruthenian Voivodeship (), with the priority eventually transferred to Lwów. It consisted of five lands: Lwów, Sanok
Sanok

Sanok [] , part of The Land of Sanok , is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008.Sanok is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship ; previously, it was in Krosno Voivodship and in Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the :pl:Malopolska ....
, Halicz, Przemysl, and Chelm
Chelm

Chelm is a city in eastern Poland with 72,595 inhabitants . It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamosc and south of Biala Podlaska, some 25 kilometres from the border with Ukraine....
. The territory was then controlled by the Austrian Empire
Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
 from 1772 to 1918, when it was known as the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official ) was a kingdom dependent to the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria?Hungary from 1772 to 1917; independent from July 26, 1917 to November 14, 1918....
.

Municipal government

Seat of the Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda):
  • Lwów


Regional Sejmik (sejmik generalny) for all Ruthene lands
  • Sadowa Wisznia


Seats of Regional Sejmik (sejmik poselski i deputacki):
  • Lwów
  • Halicz
  • Sadowa Wisznia
  • Przemysl
    Przemysl

    File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
  • Sanok
    Sanok

    Sanok [] , part of The Land of Sanok , is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008.Sanok is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship ; previously, it was in Krosno Voivodship and in Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the :pl:Malopolska ....
  • Chelm
    Chelm

    Chelm is a city in eastern Poland with 72,595 inhabitants . It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamosc and south of Biala Podlaska, some 25 kilometres from the border with Ukraine....


Administrative division

  • Chelm Land
    Chelm Land

    Chelm Land is a historical ziemia region in Poland. It was a small part of the Ruthenian Voivodeship, completely separated from the main lands of the voivodship by the Belz Voivodeship. The region's most important town was Chelm....
     (Ziemia Chelmska), Chelm
    Chelm

    Chelm is a city in eastern Poland with 72,595 inhabitants . It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamosc and south of Biala Podlaska, some 25 kilometres from the border with Ukraine....
    • Chelm County
      Chelm County

      Chelm County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
      , (Powiat Chelmski), Chelm
      Chelm

      Chelm is a city in eastern Poland with 72,595 inhabitants . It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamosc and south of Biala Podlaska, some 25 kilometres from the border with Ukraine....
    • Krasnystaw County
      Krasnystaw County

      Krasnystaw County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
      , (Powiat Krasnystawski), Krasnystaw
      Krasnystaw

      Krasnystaw [] is a town in eastern Poland with 19,615 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Chelm Voivodeship . It is the capital of Krasnystaw County....
    • Ratno County, (Powiat Ratnenski), Ratno
  • Halicz Land (Ziemia Halicka), Halicz
    • Halicz County, (Powiat Halicki), Halicz
    • Kolomyja County, (Powiat Kolomyjski), Kolomyja
      Kolomyja

      Kolomyja may refer to:*Kolomyia, Ukraine - Kolomyja in Polish*Kolomyja, Podlaskie Voivodeship ...
    • Trembowla County, (Powiat Trembowelski), Trembowla
  • Lwów Land
    Lwów Land

    Lw?w Land was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland and later - of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With capital in the city of Lw?w, it existed between 1340 and 1772....
     (Ziemia Lwowska), Lwów
    • Lwów County, (Powiat Lwowski), Lwów
    • Zydaczów County, (Powiat Zydaczowski), Zydaczów
  • Przemysl Land (Ziemia Przemyska), Przemysl
    Przemysl

    File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
    • Przemysl County
      Przemysl County

      Przemysl County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine....
       (Powiat Przemyski), Przemysl
      Przemysl

      File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
    • Sambor County, (Powiat Samborski), Sambor
      Sambor

      Sambor may refer to:* Sambor I, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania * Sambor, a Principality of Rugia* Sambir, Ukraine* Prasat Sambour District, a district of Kampong Thom province, Cambodia...
    • Drohobycz County, (Powiat Drohobycki), Drohobycz
    • Stryj County, (Powiat Stryjski), Stryj
      Stryj

      Stryj may refer to:*Stryj, Lublin Voivodeship *Stryi, Ukraine - Stryj in Polish...
  • Sanok Land
    Sanok Land

    Sanok Land was a historical administrative division unit of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 14th-18th centuries. It consisted of land that now belongs to the powiats of: Sanok, Brzoz?w, Lesko and partially Krosno and Rzesz?w....
     (Ziemia Sanocka), Sanok
    Sanok

    Sanok [] , part of The Land of Sanok , is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008.Sanok is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship ; previously, it was in Krosno Voivodship and in Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the :pl:Malopolska ....
    • Sanok County
      Sanok County

      Sanok County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovakia border....
       (Powiat Sanocki), Sanok
      Sanok

      Sanok [] , part of The Land of Sanok , is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008.Sanok is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship ; previously, it was in Krosno Voivodship and in Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the :pl:Malopolska ....


Voivods

  • Stanislaw Chodecki de Chotcza, (from 1466 – 1474)
  • Jakub Buczacki - from 1501
  • Stanislaw Kmita de Wisnicz
    Nowy Wisnicz

    Nowy Wisnicz ] is a small town in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,724 inhabitants . It is located 4 miles south of Bochnia....
    , (from 1500 -)
  • Jan Odrowaz, (from 1510 -)
  • Jan Tarnowski
    Jan Tarnowski

    Jan Amor Tarnowski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachta. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527 and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol, where he built the Ternopil Castle and the Ternopil Lake....
     (from April 2, 1527)
  • Stanislaw Odrowaz
    Stanislaw Odrowaz

    Stanislaw Odrowaz was a Poland noble .He married to Katarzyna G?rka in 1530 and Anna of Masovia from the Piast dynasty in February 1536.He was castellan of Lw?w since 1533, starost of Lw?w since 1534, voivode of Podole Voivodship since 1535, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodship since 1542 and starost of Sambor....
     (from 1542)
  • Piotr Firlej
    Piotr Firlej

    Piotr Firlej was a Poland nobleman .Piotr became voivode of Lublin Voivodship in 1537 and voivode of Ruthenian Voivodship in 1545. In 1514 he participated in the Battle of Orsza and was a trusted adviser of Queen Bona Sforza and King Zygmunt II August....
     (1545-53)
  • Hieronim Jarosz Sieniawski
    Hieronim Jarosz Sieniawski

    Hieronim Jarosz Sieniawski was a Poland Szlachcic.He was a starost of Halicz and Kolomyja since 1550, Podkomorzy of Kamieniec Litewski since 1554, castellan of Kamieniec Litewski since 1569 and voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1576....
     (from 1576)
  • Jan Danilowicz de Olesko
    Olesko

    Oles'ko is small town in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine.It was the seat of the rebbes of Alesk , and also the birthplace of Jan III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania....
    , (from 1605)
  • Stanislaw Lubomirski
    Stanislaw Lubomirski (1583-1649)

    Prince Stanislaw Lubomirski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth nobleman .He was Krajczy of the Crown and Secretary of the King since 1620, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodeship since 1628 , voivode of Krak?w Voivodeship and General starost of Krak?w since 1638, starost of Krzepirz, Niepolomice, Spisz, Sandomierz, Sacz and Zator....
    , (1628-38)
  • Jakub Sobieski
    Jakub Sobieski

    Jakub Sobieski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachcic, parliamentarian, diarist, political activist, military leader and father of King Jan III Sobieski....
     (from June 1641)
  • Jeremi Michal Wisniowiecki (from April 1646 to 1651)
  • Stefan Czarniecki
    Stefan Czarniecki

    Stefan Czarniecki or Stefan Lodzia de Czarnca Czarniecki Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth general and szlachta. Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom....
     (from 1651)
  • Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski
    Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski

    Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski was a szlachta, magnate, outstanding military commander.He was the son of the Miecznik Jan Jablonowski and Anna Ostror?g....
     (from 1664)
  • Jan Stanislaw Jablonowski, (1697 – 1731)
  • August Aleksander Czartoryski (from 1731)
  • Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki
    Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki

    Count Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachta and a military commander of the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then Poland....
     (from 1782)


Neighboring voivodeships and regions

  • Kraków Voivodeship
    Kraków Voivodeship

    Krak?w Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Krak?w as its capital....
  • Sandomierz Voivodeship
    Sandomierz Voivodeship

    Sandomierz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
  • Brzesc Litewski Voivodeship
    Brzesc Litewski Voivodeship

    Brest Litovsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795....
  • Wolhynian Voivodeship
  • Belz Voivodeship
    Belz Voivodeship

    Belz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
  • Podole Voivodeship
    Podole Voivodeship

    The Podole Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland , since the 14th century till 1793/1795, except for a short period of Ottoman Empire administration ....
  • Zemplín
    Zemplín

    Zempl?n is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently situated in eastern Slovakia under the name of Zempl?n ....
  • Uzh county
    Uzh county

    Ung county is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine ....
  • Máramaros
    Máramaros

    M?ramaros is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania and western Ukraine....


See also

  • Lesser Poland
    Lesser Poland

    Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
  • Voivodeships of Poland
    Voivodeships of Poland

    The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
  • Lendians
    Lendians

    The Lendians were a Lechitic languages tribe recorded to have inhabited the ill-defined area in East Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia between the 7th and 11th centuries....


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