Kmity

 

The Kmity (Alexandrovichi) – the ancient Ukrainian gentry family of the arms Radvan Podviyniy, which dominated on the grounds of Kievshchina and Coat of arms "Radvan Podviyniy"Bratslavshchina. Alongside with the Khimski’s, Slutski’s, Gornostai’s, Kropivnitski’s, Shashkevichi’s, the Kmity’s represented the elite of south-west of Lithuanian border territory during 200 years.

Just at that period basically there was formed a social structure of the territory, colonization processes were finished. As Bratslav "zemians" the Kmity became known, since Boundary-line act of 1431, where one of them represented himself as the witness. The authors of the "Old Poland" name Olexander Kmita I " The Cherkassk successor of 1434", and genealogical tradition mentions him as the Head of Vinnitsa of the times of Svidrigaylo. At the end of XV century the Kmity occupied the important posts in the governor-general governments ofThe battle, Miniature of the Middle Ages Bratslavshchina and Kievshchina. Kmita II (Matviy) was the governor of Vinnitsa in 1487-1489, and soon occupied similar posts in Cherkasy, Putivl and Kiev.

His brother - Byk Alexandrovich Kmita "held" Vinnitsa province in 1490-1494. The third of the family of Kmity - Bogdan/Feodor Alexandrovich carried out the management in Vinnitsa government in 1500-1501. In XVI century the influence of the Kmity’s on public life of Bratslavshchina was considerably decreased.

However they continued to remain one of the most powerful families, and got significant land possessions on Snivoda, constructed a lot of castles.

Among them first of all it is necessary to mention Pikovskiy castle described in 1594 by Erikh Liasota, and the strengthenings in Glinsk, which soon became the property of the family of Gorski – the relatives of the Kmity’s.

 

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