List of mayors of Kyiv

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.

Wójt (head of city government)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Seal of Kyiv City Magistrate, 1550

• Zanko (Hanko) Onkovych, c.1498/1502-1514 ^[1]
• Jan, c.1514-c.1528 ^[2]
• Ivan Cherevchey, 1528-1540 ^[3]
• Jan Dkhorevs'kyj, c.1544-1548 ^[4]
• Semen Meleshkovych, 1548-1550 ^[5]
• Maksym Khonych, 1550-1555 ^[6]
• Semen Meleshkovych, 1555/1558-1563 (2nd term)
• Bohush Lenkevych of Kotwicz coat of arms, 1563-1564 ^[7]
• Yurii Klymovych, 1565-1566 ^[8]
• Vasyl Cherevchey, 1566-1567 ^[9]
• Stanislav Sokolovs'kyj, 1568-1570 ^[10]

Kingdom of Poland

• Ustym Fits-Kobyzevych of Masalski coat of arms, 1569 (acting)
• Havrylo Roj, 1570-1575 ^[11]
• Semen Konashkovych, 1575 (acting)
• Fedir Cherevchey, 1576-1581
• Semen Konashkovych, 1581-1587
• Fedir Vovk, 1587-1592/1593
• Erazm Strawinski of Sulima coat of arms, 1593 ^[12]
• Yatsko Balyka of Abdank coat of arms, 1593-1612 ^[13]
• Fedir Khodyka-Kobyzevych of Masalski coat of arms, 1613-1625
• Artem Konashkovych, 1625-1628
• Sozon Balyka, 1628-1629
• Ivan Yevseyovych, 1629-1631
• Stefan Kryvkovych, 1631-1632 ^[14]
• Yosyf Khodyka, 1633-1641 ^[15]
• Samiylo (Samuel) Mefedovych, 1641-1644 ^[16]
• Andrii (Andrzej) Khodyka, 1644-1649 ^[17]

Cossack Hetmanate

Source: ^[18]

Seal of Kyiv Magistrate, 1671-1700

• Bohdan Somkovych, 1649-1651
• Andrzej Khodyka, 1651 (restoration of Polish rule by Janusz Radziwiłł)
• Bohdan Somkovych, 1653-1660
• Danilo Polotsky, 1660-1675
• Fedir-Zhdan Tadryna, 1675-1677
• Zhdan Tadryna, 1677-1687
• Jan Bykovsky, 1687-1699
• Fedor Bykovsky, 1699
• Dmytro Polotsky, 1699-1733

Russian Empire (as part of Kiev Governorate)

• Kuzma Krychevyts, 1733–1734
• Pavlo Voynich, 1734-1751
• Ivan Sychevsky, 1753-1766
• Hryhoriy Pyvovarov, 1766-1781
• Yakiv Davydovsky, 1781-1785
• Vasyl Kopystensky, 1785-1787 (head of city duma)
• Yuhym Mytyuk, 1787-1790 (head of city duma)
• Hryhoriy Radzytsky, 1790-1801 (head of city duma until the restoration of Magdeburg Law in 1798)
• Heorhiy Rybalsky, 1801-1813
• Philip Lakerda, 1813-1814
• Mykhailo Hryhorenko, 1815-1826
• Hryhoriy Kyselivsky, 1826-1834

Mayors (heads of the city)

Russian Empire

Coat of arms of Kiev Governorate (1782)

• Parthenius Dechterev  [ uk ], 1835-1837
• Pavel Yeliseyev  [ uk ], 1837-1838
• Ivan Khodunov  [ uk ], 1838-1841
• Gottlieb Finke  [ uk ], 1841-1844
• Ivan Khodunov  [ uk ], 1844-1847
• Mykola Balabukha  [ uk ], 1847-1851
• Ivan Khodunov  [ uk ], 1851-1853
• Semen Lychkov  [ uk ], 1853-1854
• Andriy Bukhteev  [ uk ], 1854-1857
• Hryhoriy Pokrovsky  [ uk ], 1857-1860
• Yosyp Zavadsky  [ uk ], 1860-1863
• Fedir Voitenko  [ uk ], 1863-1871
• Pavlo Demidov San Donato, 1871–1872, 1873-1874
• Gustav Eisman  [ uk ], 1872-1873
• Mykola Rennenkampf  [ uk ], 1875-1879
• Gustav Eisman  [ uk ], 1879-1884
• Ivan Tolli  [ uk ], 1884-1887
• Stepan Solsky  [ uk ], 1887-1900
• Vasyl Protsenko  [ uk ], 1900-1906
• Ipolyt Dyakov  [ uk ], 1906-1916
• Fedir Burchak  [ uk ], 1916-1917

Ukrainian People's Republic

• Yevhen Ryabtsov, 1917-1918
• Ipolyt Dyakov, 1918
• Yevhen Ryabtsov, 1918-1919
• Petro Butenko  [ uk ], 1919
• Mykola Litvytskyi  [ uk ], 1920 (military commissar)

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

• Hryhoriy Chudnovsky, 1918 (civil commissar)
• Andrei Bubnov, 1919 (head of City Executive Council)
• Andriy Ivanov, 1919-1920 (head of Kyiv Governorate Revolutionary Committee)
• Mykhailo Vetoshkin, 1920 (head of Kyiv Governorate Revolutionary Committee)
• Yan Gamarnik, 1920-1923 (until 1921 - head of Kyiv Governorate Revolutionary Committee, after 1921 - head of Kyiv City Council)
• Hryhoriy Hrynko, 1923-1925
• Panteleimon Svistun  [ uk ], 1925
• Panas Lyubchenko, 1925-1927
• Yuriy Voitsekhivsky  [ uk ], 1928-1932
• Ivan Vorobyov  [ uk ], 1932
• Vasyl Bystrukov  [ uk ], 1932-1934
• Raphael Petrushansky  [ uk ], 1934-1937
• Pavlo Khrystych  [ uk ], 1937
• Taras Mitulynsky, 1937 (acting head of city council)
• Mykola Pashko  [ uk ], 1937-1938 (acting)
• Ivan Shevtsov (mayor of Kyiv)  [ uk ], 1938-1941

Reichskommissariat Ukraine (burgomasters)

• Oleksander Ohloblyn, 1941
• Volodymyr Bahaziy, 1941-1942
• Leontiy Forostovskyi  [ uk ], 1942-1943

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Coat of Arms of Kyiv in 1969-1995

• Leonid Lebed  [ uk ], 1943-1944
• Fedir Mokienko  [ uk ], 1944-1946
• Fedor Chebotaryov  [ uk ], 1946-1947
• Oleksiy Davydov  [ uk ], 1947-1963
• Mykhailo Burka  [ uk ], 1963-1968
• Volodymyr Gusev, 1968-1979
• Valentyn Zghursky, 1979-1990
• Mykola Lavrukhin, 1990
• Hryhoriy Malyshevsky  [ uk ], 1990-1991

Ukraine

• Hryhoriy Malyshevsky, 1991
• Oleksandr Mosiyuk, 1991-1992 (acting)
• Ivan Dankevych, 1992 (acting)
• Vasyl Nesterenko, 1992-1994 (head of city council)
• Leonid Kosakivsky, 1994-1998 (head of city council, in 1997-1998 - mayor)
• Oleksandr Omelchenko, 1998-2006 (head of city council in 1998-1999, mayor since 1999)
• Leonid Chernovetskyi, 2006-2012
• Halyna Hereha, 2012-2014 (acting)
• Vitali Klitschko, 2014-

See also

• Mayor of Kyiv
• Kyiv City Council
• Kyiv City Administration
• Timeline of Kyiv
• History of Kyiv

References

1. "On the Question of introduction of Magdeburg Law in Kyiv" (PDF).
2. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
3. "Privileges for the post of Wojt for Kyiv's Cherevchey burgher family" (PDF).
4. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
5. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
6. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
7. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
8. "Relations of Kyiv city community with voivode prince V. K. Ostrozky".|
9. "Relations of Kyiv city community with voivode prince V. K. Ostrozky".|
10. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
11. "Relations of Kyiv city community with voivode prince V. K. Ostrozky".|
12. "Clientele of Prince Vasyl Kostiantyn Ostrozky" (PDF).
13. "Balykas (Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine)".
14. "Functions and main Directions of Activity of Kyiv Magistrate in the 16th - first half of 17th century" (PDF).
15. "Kyiv in late 15th - early 17th century".
16. "Relations of Kyiv city government with voivodes in 1559-1648".
17. "Relations of Kyiv city government with voivodes in 1559-1648".
18. "Kyiv Wojts of the 2nd half of 17th - early 18th century".