Braclaw Voivoidship

Bracław Voivodeship Polish: Województwo bracławskie
Voivodeship of Poland¹
← 1566–1795   →
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The Bracław Voivodeship (red) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
Capital		Bratslav
History
•	Established	1566
•	Third partition	24 October 1795
Area		31,660 km2(12,224 sq mi)
Political subdivisions		counties: 2 (3 since 1791)
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569.

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The Bracław Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo bracławskie) was a unit of administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Created in 1566 as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it was passed to the Crown of Poland in 1569 following the Union of Lublin. After partitions of Poland in 1793 the voivodeship was taken by the Russian Empire and replaced with the Bratslav Viceroyalty.

In 1648-57 the territory of voivodeship was a part of Cossack Hetmanate following the Khmelnytsky Uprising and Truce of Andrusovo, while in 1672-99 it became part of Ottoman Ukraine which was a vassal Ottoman Empire (see: Treaty of Buchach and Treaty of Karlowitz).

Together with the Podole Voivodeship it formed the historical province of Podolia and part of a bigger Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

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