Ruthenian Voivodeship

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Ruthenian Voivodeship was a historical administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, centered in what is now western Ukraine and southeastern Poland, that existed from the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former subdivision of the Kingdom of Poland
historical administrative division
voivodeship
capital Lwów
surface form: Lemberg

Lwów
surface form: Lviv

Lwów
coatOfArms blue field with a golden lion rampant facing left
containedCity Bełz
Brzeżany
Chełm
Halicz
Jarosław
Krosno
Lwów
Przemyśl
Rzeszów
Sambor
Sanok
Trembowla
Żydaczów
country Kingdom of Poland
dissolvedDuring First Partition of Poland
endTime 1772
ethnicGroup Armenians
Jews
Poles
Rusyns
surface form: Ruthenians
followedBy Habsburg Monarchy administration in Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
governingOfficialTitle voivode
historicalRegion Ruthenia
surface form: Red Ruthenia

Ruthenia
legalSystem Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth law
legislativeBody sejmik of Ruthenian Voivodeship
locatedInPresentDay Poland
Ukraine
southeastern Poland
western Ukraine
namedAfter Ruthenia
nativeName Ruthenian Voivodeship self-linksurface differs
surface form: Województwo ruskie
nativeNameLanguage Polish
partOf Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Lesser Poland
surface form: Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown
precededBy Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
surface form: Ruthenian lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Greek Catholicism
Roman Catholicism
sejmikLocation Sądowa Wisznia
startTime 1434
subdivisionType voivodeship
wasPartOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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Rymanów historicalVoivodeship Ruthenian Voivodeship
John III Sobieski birthPlace Ruthenian Voivodeship
Sandomierz Voivodeship borderedBy Ruthenian Voivodeship
this entity surface form: Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)
Sandomierz Voivodeship borderedBy Ruthenian Voivodeship
Ruthenian Voivodeship nativeName Ruthenian Voivodeship self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Województwo ruskie
Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev birthPlace Ruthenian Voivodeship
this entity surface form: Husyatyn region, then Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth