Legal foundations of administration in Belarusian lands in the 14th-18th centuries

National and state leaders in feudal Belarus

Gedimin, Gediminas (1275-1341) – Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316-1341). Engraving from A. Gvagnini’s Chronicle “A Description of Sarmatian Europe”. 1578. Photo. (BGAMLI, f. 500, op. 1, d. 573, l. 2)
Olgerd, Algirdas (about 1296-1377) – Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345-1377), Prince of Krevo and Vitebsk. Engraving from A. Gvagnini’s chronicle “A Description of Sarmatian Europe”. 1578. Photo. (BGAMLI, f. 500, op. 1, d. 573, l. 1)
Jagailo, Jogaila (1352-1434) – Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377-1381, 1382-1392), King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of Poland (1386-1434), Prince of Vitebsk. Detail of Jagiello’s tomb in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow. [15th century]. Photo. (BGAMLI, f. 500, op. 1, d. 573, l. 3)
Vitovt, Vytautas (1350-1430) – Grand Duke of Lithuania (1392-1430), Prince of Grodno (1370-1382), Lutsk (1387-1389), Trakai (1382-1413). Engraving. 16th century. Photo 1993. (BGAMLI, f. 444, op. 1, d. 309, l. 1)
Alexander Jagiellon (Jagiellonczyk) (1461-1506) – Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492-1506), King of Poland (1501-1506). Portrait [mid-17th c.]. Copy [19th-20th cc.]. Photo. (BGAMLI, f. 500, op. 1, d. 573, l. 4)
Lew Sapieha (1557-1633) – Vice-Chancellor (1585-1589) and Chancellor (1589-1623) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Voivode of Vilna (from 1625), Grand Hetman of the GDL (from 1629). Portrait by an unknown artist. First half of the 17th century. Photo [the 1950s]. (BGAMLI, f. 149, op. 3, d. 415, l. 2)
Aleksander Sluszka (about 1580 – July 1647) – Castellan of Minsk (1618-1628) and Samogitia (1628-1638), Voivode of Minsk (1633-1638), Novogrudok (1638-1642) and Trakai (1642-1647), Elder of Rechitsa, Propoisk, Gomel, Loev and Mozyr, Marshal of the GDL (1631), Deputy of the Treasure Tribunal (1633). Portrait by K. Aleksandrovich. [the 1780s]. Photo [the 1950s]. (BGAMLI, f. 149, op. 3, d. 395, l. 3)
Christopher (Krzysztof) Radziwill (1585-1640) – Field Hetman of Lithuania (1615-1635), Castellan of Vilna (from 1633), Voivode of Vilna (1633-1640), Grand Hetman of Lithuania (1635-1640), Elder of Mogilev. Portrait by an unknown artist. 17th century. Photo [the 1950s]. (BGAMLI, f. 149, op. 3, d. 415, l. 1)
Janusz Radziwill (1612-1655) – Court Chamberlain of Lithuania (from 1633), General Elder of Samogitia (1646-1653), Field Hetman of Lithuania (1646-1654), Voivode of Lithuania (1653-1655), Grand Hetman of Lithuania (1654-1655), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Portrait by Daniel Schultz. First half of the 17th century. Photo [the 1950s]. (BGAMLI, f. 149, op. 3, d. 415, l. 3)