Smolensk Voivodeship

Smolensk Voivodeship Palatinatus smolencensis Województwo smoleńskie
Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
← 1508–1654 →
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Smolensk Voivodeship in red. Voivodeship's borders did not change since the Union of Lublin.
Capital		Smolensk
History
•	Established	1508
•	Third partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	1654
Political subdivisions		counties: two

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Smolensk Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus smolencensis, Belarusian: Смале́нскае ваяво́дзтва, Polish: Województwo smoleńskie, Lithuanian: Smolensko vaivadija) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The territory of Smolensk was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1404, but the voivodeship was established only in 1508. Just six years later, in 1514, it was lost to the Grand Duchy of Moscow during the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars. The voivodeship was recaptured by the Commonwealth in 1611 during the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18) and lost again in 1654 during the Russo-Polish War (1654–67). Even when the territory was under Russian control, Poland and Lithuania claimed it as a titular voivodeship. The capital of the voivodeship, and the seat of its governor (voivode), was in Smolensk. It was subdivided into two powiats: Smolensk and Starodub.

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