Kiev Voivodeship

subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland

thumb|Reconstructed Zaporozhian Sich complex on the Khortytsia Island. A sich (), was an administrative and military centre of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The word sich derives from the Ukrainian verb , "to chop" – with the implication of clearing a forest for an encampment or of building a fortification with the trees that have been chopped down.

battle during Nalyvaiko Uprising