Volhynia Viceroyalty (Russian: Волынское наместничество, romanized: Volynskoye namestnichestvo) was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, created at the end of 1795 after the third Partition of Poland from the territory of the Izyaslav Viceroyalty and Wołyń Voivodeship.

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Volhynia Viceroyalty Волынская наместничество
Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire
1792–1796
Coat of arms
Capital	Novograd-Volynsky Zhitomir (officially since 1804)
History
• 2nd partition of Poland	1792
• transformed into a governorate	1 August 1796
Political subdivisions	Governorates of Russian Empire
Preceded by Succeeded by Wołyń Voivodeship (1569–1795) Izyaslav Viceroyalty Volhynia Governorate

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