Vitebsk Voivodeship

Vitebsk Voivodeship
Vitebsk Voivodeship
Palatinatus Vitebsciensis
Województwo witebskie
Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1503–1772
Flag of Vitebsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Vitebsk
Coat of arms

Vitebsk Voivodeship in red. Voivodeship's borders did not change since the Union of Lublin.

Witebsk Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
CapitalVitebsk
Area 
• 
24,600 km2 (9,500 sq mi)
History 
• Established
1503
1772
Political subdivisionsnone
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Principality of Vitebsk
Russian Empire
Today part ofBelarus
Russia

Vitebsk Voivodeship (Belarusian: Віцебскае ваяводзтва; Polish: Województwo witebskie; Latin: Palatinatus Vitebsciensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) from the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1795.