The Polish period 1569–1672

After the union of Lublin in 1569 most of the Ukrainian land that had belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were transfered to the Kingdom of Poland.

The Ukrainian land was divided into seven voivodeships (Polish: województwo), one being Bratslav voivodeship. It was governed by a voivode (Polish: wojewoda) with the help of several castellans and other officials. After the introduction of dietines (Polish: sejmik) each voivodeship was an autonomous unit and a separate electoral region with its own noble assembly, court, administration, army, and taxes.

Woj. Belskie	Woj. Braclawskie	Woj. Czernihowskie	Woj. Kijowskie
Woj. Ruskie	Woj. Podolskie	Woj. Wolynskie

Each voivodeships were divided into several counties (Polish: powiat). The county was not only an administrative but also a judicial territorial unit. The county was administered by the starosta.

Bratslav (Polish: Braclaw) voivodeship was divided into six counties (Braclawski, Hajsynski, Lipowiecki, Litynski, Nowobohski and Winnicki). Bratslav voivodeship included the southern portion of Podilia and was administered from Bratslav until 1598 and later from Vinnytsia. Between 1648 and 1712 the territory constituted a separate regiment in the Hetman state. The village of Andrushivka belonged to the county of Lipowiecki (Lypovets).

After the Cossak rebellion led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1648 a treaty was signed in Zboriv in August 1649 where Poland recognized an autonomous Hetmanate, known as the Ukrainian Cossack Republic covering Kyiv, Bratslav and Chernihiv voivodeships. But already in September 1651 Bratslav and Chernihiv was restored to Polish administration.