Volhynian Governorate
Volhynian Governorate or Volyn Governorate (Russian: Волы́нская губе́рния, romanized: Volynskaja gubernija, Ukrainian: Волинська губернія, romanized: Volynska huberniia) was an administrative-territorial unit initially of the Russian Empire, created at the end of 1796 after the Third Partition of Poland from the territory of the short-lived Volhynian Vice-royalty and Wołyń Voivodeship.
| Volhynian Governorate Волынская губерния Волинська губернія | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1797–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921), and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1925) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1797–1925[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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.svg) Volhynian Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Novograd-Volynsky Zhytomyr (officially since 1804) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1897 | 42.000 km2 (16.216 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1897 | 2,989,482 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Transformed into Volhynian Governorate | 1797 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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• abolished (Okruhas of Ukraine) | 3 June 1925[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Governorates of Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||
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After the Peace of Riga, part of the governorate became the new Wołyń Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic,[2] while the other part stayed as a part of the Ukrainian SSR until 1925 when it was abolished on resolution of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee and Counsel of People's Commissars.[1]