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17-469: It was created from southern part of Trakai Voivodeship in 1566. In 1791 Kobryn and Pinsk-Zarzeche (Its center was Poltnica, now Plotnitsa) counties were created. Pinsk-Zarzeche country was renamed as Zapynsky and its seat was moved to Stolin . After the Second Partition of Poland , in 1793, Pinsk and Zapynsky countries were left to Russian Empire as part of Minsk Governorate . Finally remainder of it

34-563: Is a small village in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania . It is situated some 12 km southwest of Panevėžys on the banks of Vešeta Creek. It is now the capital of an elderate . In 1987 it had 580 residents. In the Lithuanian language , Upytė is a diminutive form of the word upė , which means river. In 2004 Upytė celebrated its 750th anniversary by holding a conference Upytė Land: History and Culture . Upytė linen museum

51-585: Is located in Stultiškiai. The name Upytė was first mentioned in 1254 in a Livonian chronicle dealing with the divisions of the Upmala region. Upytė had a wooden castle built on an island which later became a hillfort when Lake Vešeta was drained. The castle was an important northern defence post against numerous incursions of the Livonian Order . Between 1353 and 1379 alone, it repelled ten such attacks. The castle

68-530: Is one of the longest surviving regional capitals from earlier times. The elders of Upytė included Konstanty Ostrogski , Stanislovas Goštautas , Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł and Janusz Radziwiłł . In 1653, one of its elders, a delegate to Warsaw Sejm , Władysław Siciński (Polish name, in Lithuanian known as Čičinskas ), bribed by Janusz Radziwiłł , was the first person to execute his Liberum veto rights in order to disrupt Sejm convention. The Liberum veto

85-568: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (...) Kęstutis , the son of the Grand Duke Gediminas , ruled western Lithuania, including Podlasie , Troki Voivodeship , and Polesie , together with Pińsk. During his reign, the three regions of Polesie - those of Brześć, Pińsk and Turów were united. After the Union of Lublin , due to its immense area, Polesie was separated from Troki Voivodeship. Brzesc Voivodeship

102-600: The Russians in the neighbourhood. Eventually, Mikhail Muravyov the Hanger ordered it to be exhumed and buried under the floor of the church in 1865. According to the legend this led to Muravyov's death soon after. The legend was reproduced by poets Adam Mickiewicz in his ballad The Stay in Upita and Maironis in his poem Čičinskas . It was also mentioned by a number of other Lithuanian and Polish authors. In 1938 archeologists excavated

119-705: The Castellan and the Voivode (...) Among major cities were Brześć, Pińsk, Biała , Koden, Wołczyn and Kamieniec Litewski . In northeastern corner of Brześć Voivodeship was Białowieża Forest , where Polish kings hunted”. Voivodeship Governor ( Wojewoda ) seat: Voivodes: 52°05′12″N 23°39′32″E  /  52.086630°N 23.658771°E  / 52.086630; 23.658771 Trakai Voivodeship Trakai Voivodeship , Trakai Palatinate , or Troki Voivodeship ( Latin : Palatinatus Trocensis , Lithuanian : Trakų vaivadija , Polish : Województwo trockie ),

136-728: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They were appointed from prominent magnate families and competed only with voivode of Vilnius and Grand Chancellors for power and prestige. Voivodes were the ex officio members of the Lithuanian Council of Lords . Voivodes had their residence in Trakai city, near Galvė Lake , north of the Trakai Peninsula Castle . 54°38′22″N 24°56′06″E  /  54.639319°N 24.935049°E  / 54.639319; 24.935049 Upyt%C4%97 Upytė

153-460: The former Duchy of Trakai , which was ruled directly by the Grand Duke or his close relative (brother or son). The Duke of Trakai ( Latin : dux Trocensis ) was replaced by appointed officials – voivodes and his deputy castellan . The voivodeship was divided into four powets  [ be ] : Grodno , Kaunas , Trakai (ruled directly by the voivode), and Upytė . The biggest cities in

170-577: The voivodeship were Kaunas , Grodno and Trakai . The western portion of the voivodeship was split off in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old and transferred to the Polish Crown . It was organized as the Podlaskie Voivodeship . In 1793, the counties of Grodno, Sokółka and Wołkowysk one of Nowogródek Voivodeship were merged into Grodno Voivodeship. After the Union of Lublin the voivodeship, together with

187-706: The whole Grand Duchy of Lithuania, became part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partitions of the Commonwealth in 1795. Most of the territory became part of the Russian Empire , while territories west of the Neman River – part of the Province of East Prussia . The Voivode of Trakai ( Polish : Wojewoda trocki , Lithuanian : Trakų vaivada ) was one of the most important state offices in

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204-579: Was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795. Trakai Voivodeship together with Vilnius Voivodeship was established by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great in 1413 according to the Union of Horodło . Vytautas copied the Polish system of administrative division in order to centralize and strengthen the government. Trakai Voivodeship replaced

221-495: Was believed to be one of the factors leading to the collapse of Polish-Lithuanian democracy, and eventually to the partition of the commonwealth by foreign powers. According to a local legend the evil master Čičinskas was struck by thunder god Perkūnas for all his sins, and his estate sank in a sinkhole located near the Upytė hillfort, called now the "Hill of Čičinskas". The legend has it that his dead body appeared since and haunted

238-552: Was created, in a shape which remained unchanged until the 1793 Second Partition of Poland. Central and eastern parts of the voivodeship were made of former Principality of Turov and Pinsk (...) Brzesc Voivodeship was divided into two enormous counties - those of Brzesc and Pinsk. Each county had its own starosta , electing two deputies to the Sejm , and two deputies to the Lithuanian Tribunal. The voivodeship had two senators, who were

255-655: Was dissolved in 1795 and part of Slonim Governorate . Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of the Brest Litovsk Voivodeship: “After the death of Yaroslav the Wise , the land located between the Bug , and the Dniepr were divided into several duchies. The Principality of Turov and Pinsk in the late 1310s joined

272-462: Was further expanded and fortified in the 15th century, when it served as the seat of the Starost of Upytė. It is believed that the abandoned castle collapsed in the 17th century after the seat of the starost was moved to Panevėžys . The remnants of the castle survived into the 18th century. Upytė was a capital of the Upytė region ( Lithuanian : Upytės žemė ) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . The area

289-600: Was later made into an eldership, part of the Principality of Trakai . A document from 1556 states that Panevėžys , along with 57 other towns and 359 villages was part of this eldership. In the 16th century, Upytė began to lose its prominence when the defensive castle became obsolete, and Krekenava became the capital of the Upytė Eldership in 1548. At that time, Panevėžys grew to become a center of economic importance and Upytė became eclipsed by this rival. Nevertheless, Upytė

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