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The Wilno Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wileńskie) was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic, with the capital in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania). The jurisdiction was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles, with notable minorities of Belarusians, Jews and Lithuanians.
The Vilnius Voivodeship ( Latin: Palatinatus Vilnensis, Lithuanian: Vilniaus vaivadija, Polish: województwo wileńskie, Belarusian: Віленскае ваяводства) was one of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 's voivodeships, which existed from the voivodeship's creation in 1413 to the destruction of the Lithuanian state in 1795. [ 1] .
Wilno Voivodeship may refer to: Vilnius Voivodeship, one of the historic voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, established in 1413; Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939), voivodeship of Poland from 1926 to 1939
The Wilno Voivodeship was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic, with the capital in Wilno. The jurisdiction was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles, with notable minorities of Belarusians, Jews and Lithuanians.
The Wilno Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wileńskie ) was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic, with the capital in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania). The jurisdiction was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles, with notable minorities of Belarusians, Jews and Lithuanians
annexed by Poland and was known as Wilno Voivodeship. After the dissolution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Lithuania fell under the Russian Empire rule (1795–1918) and the process of Russification started and continued during the Soviet period (1944–1990)1. From the historical perspective, Vilnius Region, i.e., lands in Lithuania and
For the most part it consisted of lands belonging to the former Wilen (Vilnus) Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDoL), the following being: Wilensky (Vilnus), Zawilejsky (now known as Święciański/Švenčionys), Wileisky, Lidsky, and North-Western part of Ashmyansky county.
