Smolensk Voivodeship

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Smolensk Voivodeship was an administrative region of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth centered on the city of Smolensk, located on its eastern frontier.

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Surface form Occurrences
Smolensk land 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
voivodeship
administrativeCenter Smolensk NERFINISHED
borderedBy Muscovy NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
capital Smolensk NERFINISHED
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
currency Polish–Lithuanian złoty
disestablishedIn 17th century
establishedIn 15th century
followedBy Smolensk Governorate NERFINISHED
governedBy voivode of Smolensk
governmentSystem nobles’ democracy
hadJudicialBody castle court
grod court
land court
hadLegislativeRepresentationIn Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
hadLocalAssembly sejmik
hadRepresentationOf local szlachta
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
historicalRegion Smolensk land NERFINISHED
historicalStatus disputed borderland between Poland-Lithuania and Russia
language Polish
Ruthenian
legalSystem Lithuanian Statutes NERFINISHED
locatedIn eastern frontier of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
lostAsResultOf Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) NERFINISHED
Smolensk War NERFINISHED
lostTo Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED
militaryRole mustering point for Commonwealth armies on eastern front
namedAfter Smolensk NERFINISHED
partOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Lithuanian provincial structure
eastern borderlands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
precededBy Smolensk principality NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
sovereignStateDuringExistence Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
strategicImportance border defense against Muscovy
control of route between Lithuania and Moscow
todayLocatedIn Russia NERFINISHED
Smolensk Oblast NERFINISHED
typeOfSubdivision voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

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Polish–Lithuanian occupation of Smolensk historicalRegion Smolensk Voivodeship
this entity surface form: Smolensk land
Smolensk War location Smolensk Voivodeship
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland hasTerritory Smolensk Voivodeship
Chernigov land borderedBy Smolensk Voivodeship
this entity surface form: Smolensk land