were also entitled to house local courts. Since 1599, the Tribunal of Lithuania did also held sessions in Minsk (every three years, other cities it visited were Vilnius and Navahrudak). The court held there served the role of the highest juridical authority for all of Ruthenian voivodeships, that is Minsk, Nowogródek, Vitebsk, Mstislav and Kiev. Following the first partition of Poland in 1775, the tribunal abandoned Minsk and held its sessions in Hrodna. Notable voivodes of Minsk include Balcer Strawiński (1631–33), Aleksander Suszka (1633–38) and Mikołaj Sapieha (since 1638). Voivodes of Minsk Voivodeship Gabriel Hornostaj (1566–76) (Elder) (1576–88) (1588–93) Jan Abramowicz (1593–96) Andriusz Zawisza (1596–98) Jan Pac (1600–11) Mikołaj Sapieha (1611–18) Piotr Tyszkiewicz (1618–31) Balcer Strawiński (1631–33) Aleksander Suszka (1633–38) Mikołaj Sapieha (1638) Aleksander Massalski (1638–43) Andriusz Massalski (1643–45) Aleksander Ogiński (1645–49) Gideon Rajecké (1649–54) Krzysztof Ciechanowiecki (1654–55) Krzysztof Rudomina-Dusiacki (1655) Jan Sebastian Kęsztort (1656–67) Kazimierz Białłozor (1667–80) Michael Siasickis (1680–98) Władysław Jozafat Sapieha (1699–1709) Krzysztof Zenovicz (1709–17) Krzysztof Stanisław Zawisza (1720–21) Jan Kazimierz Toad (1721–54) Jan August Hylzen (1754–67) Józef Jerzy Hylzen (1767–70) Tadeusz Burzyński (1770–73) Józef Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1773–84) Adam Chmara (1784–93) Colours Much like other Ruthenian lands, the Minsk voivodeship signed its documents with the Pogoń (Chase) coat of arms. The flag was Or, in field Gules a chase Carnation. The official uniform was a crimson kontusz and żupan, with a navy blue collar. The powiat of Rechytsa adopted a white żupan with white collar. References Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania History of Minsk 1413 establishments in Europe 15th-century establishments in Lithuania 1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Early Modern history of Belarus