Bracław Voivodeship
| Bracław Voivodeship | |||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Lithuania (1566–1569), then Poland (1569–1793) | |||||||||
| 1566–1793 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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The Bracław Voivodeship (red) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. | |||||||||
| Capital | Bracław | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 31,660 km2 (12,220 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1566 | ||||||||
| 24 October 1793 | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | counties: 2 (3 since 1791) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine Moldova¹ | ||||||||
| ¹ Northern Transnistria. | |||||||||
The Bracław Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus Braclaviensis; Polish: Województwo bracławskie; Ukrainian: Брацлавське воєводство, Braclavśke vojevodstvo) 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 Kingdom of Poland in 1569 following the Union of Lublin. After Second Partition of Poland in 1793 the voivodeship was taken by the Russian Empire and replaced with the Bratslav Viceroyalty.
In 1648-67, following the Khmelnytsky Uprising and until the Truce of Andrusovo, the territory of the voivodeship was part of Cossack Hetmanate (see Bratslav Regiment), while in 1672-99 it became part of Ottoman Ukraine which was a vassal Ottoman Empire (see: Treaty of Buchach and Treaty of Karlowitz).