voivodeship
Let an agent explain voivodeships past and present, relay the modern Polish system and historical divisions from official and historical sources, describe the voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and distinguish voivodeships from counties, provinces, regions and the office of voivode.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain voivodeships past and present, relay the modern Polish system and historical divisions from official and historical sources, describe the voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and distinguish voivodeships from counties, provinces, regions and the office of voivode.
A territorial division historically governed by a voivode, used in Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and in medieval and early modern Serbia, Wallachia and Moldavia, and today the first-level administrative division of Poland, of which there are sixteen since the 1999 reform; the registry alias names the voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which existed from the 15th century until the partitions.
What it is for: First-level administration in Poland.
It can be explain the unit; relay modern and historical systems; describe Lithuanian voivodeships; distinguish related units.
Distinguishing features
Voivode office
Polish first level
Historical Lithuanian form
Dual governance today
What it looks like
Not a visible object; an administrative region.
Physical character
Polish voivodeships: 16 count - since 1999
Grand Duchy of Lithuania voivodeships: about 9-10 count - after 1569
modern voivode: central government representative note - alongside elected marshal
How it is recognised
Region governed historically by a voivode
Sixteen Polish voivodeships; voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Counties or powiats are below; provinces and regions are terms elsewhere; the voivode is the office
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is governed by - historically and as state representative
is divided into - in Poland
is exemplified by - the most populous
In practice
Families and kinds
modern voivodeships of Poland
voivodeships of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania such as Vilnius, Trakai and Minsk
interwar and communist-era voivodeships
historical voivodeships in Serbia, Wallachia and Moldavia
Standards and regulation
Polish Act on Voivodeship Self-Government of 1998
ISO 3166-2:PL codes
EU NUTS 2 regions aligned with voivodeships
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing historical and modern voivodeships
Translation as province or region inconsistently
Registry alias naming historical Lithuanian units
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a voivodeship is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a voivodeship, and how does it differ from a county, province, region and the office of voivode? definition
- Is the question about modern Poland, history, Lithuania or another country? boundary
Modern
Modern Poland.
Modern
Modern.
- What are the sixteen voivodeships, and how are they governed by marshals and voivodes? definition
- Which entry fits the specific voivodeship? action
History History.
Sources.
Poland
Poland.
Poland
Poland.
- How did voivodeships develop from medieval Poland through the Commonwealth, partitions and reforms of 1975 and 1999? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Lithuania
Lithuania.
- What were the voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and how were they organised? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Governance Governance.
Regulation.
Powers
Powers.
Powers
Powers.
- What powers do voivodeship self-governments and voivodes hold? provenance
- Which entry fits local government in Poland? action
EU
EU regions.
EU
EU.
- How do voivodeships function as EU regions for funding and statistics? provenance
- Which entry fits NUTS? action
Context Other countries.
Context.
Balkans
Balkans and Romania.
Balkans
Balkans.
- How were voivodeships used in Serbia, Wallachia and Moldavia, and what is Vojvodina? provenance
- Which entry fits Vojvodina? action
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- What does the word voivode mean, and how is voivodeship translated? provenance
- Which entry fits voivode? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the Lithuanian voivodeships be a separate primary entry?
- How should official and historical sources be linked?
- How should the registry present the term across countries?