located around royal castles. In the 15th century, there were counties of Skala Podolska, Smotrycz, Bakota, Latyczow, Miedzyboz, Chmielnik, Zinkow, and Bar. Finally, in 1542 only three counties were established, at Czerwonogrod, Kamieniec and Latyczow (...) In the 16th century, Podole Voivodeship had 37 towns, and according to the 1578 census, there were 650 villages. By 1583, the number of villages was reduced to only 434, due to constant Crimean Tatar raids. The voivodeship also had 35 castles and forts (...) Podole Voivodeship had three senators: the Bishop, the Voivode and the Castellan of Kamieniec. Local starosta, who also used the title "General of Podolian Lands", governed two towns, those of Kamieniec and Latyczow. There also were starostas at Czerwonogrod, Bar, Chmielnik, Kopajgrod, Mukarow, Ploskirow and others. Sejmiks took place at Kamieniec, where six deputies to the Sejm were elected, as well as two deputies to the Lesser Poland Tribunal at Lublin (...) Podole Voivodeship had two border judges, who cooperated with officials of the Ottoman Porte, solving border conflicts. Municipal government Voivodeship Governor (voivode) seat: Kamieniec Podolski General council (sejmik generalny) for all Ruthenian lands Sądowa Wisznia Regional council (sejmik poselski i deputacki) seats: Kamieniec Podolski Administrative division Kamieniec County (Powiat Kamieniecki), Kamieniec Podolski Czerwonograd County (Powiat Czerwonogradzki), Czerwonogród Latyczów County (Powiat Sanocki), Latyczów Voivodes Michał Buczacki (House of Buczacki) Michał Mużyło Buczacki Stanisław Odrowąż (since 1535) Mikołaj Mielecki (since 1569) Tomasz Zamoyski (since 1618) Marcin Krasicki (1630–1632/1633) Marcin Kazanowski (1632/1633–1636) Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (1636–1653) Seweryn Rzewuski Neighbouring Voivodeships and regions Ruthenian Voivodeship Volhynian Voivodeship Kiev Voivodeship Bratslav Voivodeship Moldavia Notes Sources Podole Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger Central European Superpower, Henryk Litwin, BUM Magazine, October 2016. Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Early Modern history of Ukraine States and territories established in 1434 Geographic history of Ukraine 1434 establishments in Europe 15th-century establishments in Poland 1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth History of Podolia