Adam Świętołdycz Kisiel (1600-1653) was a
voivode of Kijów or
Bracław Voivodship (sources vary) (1649-1653) and castellan or voivode of
Czernichów (1639-1646). He was the last
Orthodox senator of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Of
Eastern Orthodox faith, educated in
Zamość Academy in spirit of humanism and tolerance, he persuaded king
Władysław IV Waza to reinstate the Orthodox hierarchy and he acted as an intermediary between the royal court,
Sejm and
Cossacks.
He was a mediator in the 1637
Pawluk Uprising. Afterwards he was responsible for conscription of 5,000
Registered Cossacks.
During
Khmelnytsky Uprising he was one of the most prominent members of the negotiations and pro-Cossack factions among the
szlachta. In the very beginning of the Uprising he sent a Russian Orthodox monk, Petroni Łaska, to try to calm down the Cossacks and begin negotiations. The
Sejm resolution of 22 July 1648 chose him,
Aleksander Sielski,
podkomorzy poznański,
Franicszek Dubrawski, podkomorzy przemyski and
Teodor Obuchowicz, podkomorzy mozyrski, to negotiate with Khmelnytsky. The negotiations ended in failure by February 1649.
Brother of
Mikołaj Kisiel (ok. 1605-1651),
polkovnyk of Cossacks.