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15-626: Klichaw is known since 1592. At the time it was a village, Klichevo , which belonged to Vitebsk Voivodeship . In September 1772, as a result of the First Partition of Poland , the town was transferred to the Russian Empire and became a part of Minsk Governorate . On July 17, 1924 the governorate was abolished as well, and Klichaw became the administrative center of Klichaw Raion, which belonged to Bobruysk Okrug of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic . On January 15, 1938

30-462: A separate Duchy of Minsk , annexed by Lithuania in the 13th century. It was replaced with Minsk Governorate in 1793. The voivodeship was stretched along the Berezina and Dneper rivers, with the earlier river having both its source and its estuary within the limits of the voivodeship, as well as most of its basin. To the north east it bordered Polotsk , Vitebsk and Mscislaw voivodeships. To

45-427: Is Neseta on the railroad connecting Mogilev and Asipovichy , several kilometers northwest of Klichaw. In Klichaw, there is a Jewish cemetery. The Annunciation Church was built in the 1990s. Vitebsk Voivodeship Vitebsk Voivodeship ( Belarusian : Віцебскае ваяводзтва ; Polish : Województwo witebskie ; Latin : Palatinatus Vitebsciensis ) was a unit of administrative division and local government in

60-764: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ) from the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1795. Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of the Witebsk Voivodeship: “Witebsk (in Latin Vitebscum), located on the Dvina river, was one of main gord of the Principality of Polotsk . In

75-490: The German troops were moved west of Klichaw, and on September 20, 1944 the settlement was included in the newly established Bobruysk Region , which was abolished in 1954. Klichaw was then returned to Mogilev Oblast. In 2000, it was granted town status. In Klichaw, there are enterprises in the food and timber industries. Klichaw is connected by highways with Mogilev , Babruysk , and Berazino . The closest railway station

90-828: The Minsk Voivodeship received two seats within the Senate. The seats were held ex officio by the voivod and the castellan of Minsk. Each of the three powiats organized its own Sejmik , which had a right to elect two members of Sejm each, and two deputies to the Lithuanian Tribunal . The three cities were also entitled to house local courts. Since 1599, the Tribunal of Lithuania did also held sessions in Minsk (every three years, other cities it visited were Vilnius and Navahrudak ). The court held there served

105-593: The east it bordered with the lands of Chernigov (on both sides of the Dneper and Sozh rivers), while to the south-east it was delimited by the river Snov . Further southwards the voivodeship was bordering the land of Kiev . Across the basin of the Pripyat river the land of Minsk was bordering the Brześć Voivodeship (across Ubort river) and Nowogródek Voivodeship (across Ptsich river). Further northwards it

120-587: The privilege in 1496 and granted the town with Magdeburg Laws . Since then, the entire region shared the fate of its capital city . In 1773 a post-Jesuit academy had been founded in Minsk by the Commission of National Education . All voivodeships played an important role within the Polish political system, extended to Lithuania by the Polish–Lithuanian unions . Following the final Union of Lublin of 1569,

135-641: The raion was transferred to Mogilev Region. In 1938, Klichaw was granted an urban-type settlement status. During the Second World War, the town was occupied by German troops. On October 14 1941, the Germans took all of Klichaw's Jews to the edge of the woods near Poplavy. There, they shot them. Later, however, Klichaw raion became one of the centers of the partisan activity . In March 1942, the settlement went under complete control of partisans, and later they even opened Klichaw airport for flights. In 1944,

150-470: The role of the highest juridical authority for all of Ruthenian voivodeships , that is Minsk, Nowogródek, Vitebsk, Mstislav and Kiev. Following the first partition of Poland in 1775, the tribunal abandoned Minsk and held its sessions in Hrodna . Notable voivodes of Minsk include Balcer Strawiński (1631–33), Aleksander Suszka (1633–38) and Mikołaj Sapieha (since 1638). Much like other Ruthenian lands,

165-421: The second half of the 12th century, it emerged as a local center of government. Conquered by one of the sons of Mindaugas in ca. 1239, it became a permanent part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the times of Gediminas . In ca. 1342 Witebsk was already the seat of a starosta , who in the early 16th century were named voivodes . First voivode of Witebsk was Jerzy Chlebowicz (...) The Dvina river divided

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180-542: The voivodeship into two parts, of which northern one was smaller. Since the town of Witebsk was located in the middle of a sparsely populated province, at first the voivodeship was not divided into counties. Later on, however, the County of Orsza , which had been part of Smolensk Voivodeship , was attached to Witebsk Voivodeship (...) Witebsk Voivodeship remained in the Commonwealth until September 1772, when most of it

195-547: Was a unit of administrative division and local government in Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1566 and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , until the partitions of the Commonwealth in 1793. Centred on the city of Minsk and subordinate to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the region continued the traditions – and shared the borders – of several previously existing units of administrative division, notably

210-1133: Was annexed by the Russian Empire . What remained was southern part of the Land of Orsza, which belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1793 (...) Starostas resided at Witebsk and Orsza, while local sejmiks took place in both towns. Altogether, Witebsk Voivodeship elected four deputies to the Sejm - two from each county. After the first partition, the sejmiks were moved to the town of Cholopienicze, located in Minsk Voivodeship ”. Voivodeship Governor ( Wojewoda ) seat: Voivodes: Samuel Sanguszko (1629- XI 1638), Paweł Jan Sapieha (15 VIII 1646-) Administrative division: 55°11′53″N 30°10′39″E  /  55.197983°N 30.177482°E  / 55.197983; 30.177482 Minsk Voivodeship Minsk Voivodeship ( Belarusian : Менскае ваяводзтва , romanized :  Menskaje vajavodztva ; Polish : Województwo mińskie ; Lithuanian : Minsko vaivadija ; Latin : Palatinatus Minscensis )

225-515: Was bordering the capital of the Grand Duchy, the Vilnius Voivodeship . Minsk had been a capital of a semi-independent duchy at least since 1067. Raided on a yearly basis by Lithuanian tribes, by the 12th century it was made a fief and in the 14th century it was directly incorporated into the Grand Duchy. In 1441 the city of Minsk was granted with a city charter, by the king Casimir IV Jagiellon . His son, Alexander Jagiellon extended

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