Voivodship
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Voivodship (
Romanian:
Voievodat,
Polish:
Województwo,
Serbian:
Vojvodstvo or
Vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval
Romania,
Hungary,
Poland,
Russia and
Serbia (see
Vojvodina), ruled by a
Voivod. Since the
Voivod was initially the military commander next to the ruler, a voivodship meant the whole territory of Poland. During the feudal partition, each from small prinicpalities had its own voivod, and therefore after the reunification the territory was called a voivodship.
List of Voivodships
For the current administrative regions of Poland see: Voivodships of Poland.