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Volhynia Governorate, also known as Volyn Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit of the Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. It consisted of an area of 71,736 square kilometres (27,697 sq mi) and a population of 2,989,482 inhabitants.
This is a list of governorates of the Russian Empire (Russian: губерния, pre-1918: губернія, romanized: guberniya) established between the administrative reform of 1708 and the establishment of the Kholm Governorate in 1912 (inclusive).
Kupil (Ukrainian: Купіль, pronounced; Russian: Купель, romanized: Kupel', pronounced [ˈkupʲɪlʲ]) [citation needed] is a village in Khmelnytskyi Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It belongs to Viitivtsi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. History
Aug 26, 2016 · We're pleased to release a new map of the Volhynia Colonies. Volhynia is a historical area in northwest Ukraine bordering Poland and Belarus. German immigrants to Volhynia came not at the invitation of the Russian crown but rather by the invitation of wealthy landowners.
Nov 6, 2019 · This article traces how Polish national activists in the Borderland Guard (Straż Kresowa) constructed the local boundaries of the nation in the multiethnic borderland of Polish-occupied Volhynia.
- Kathryn Ciancia
- 2019
Jul 9, 2017 · In the 1860s, some ten thousand German-speaking people settled in the Russian governorate of Volhynia. The newcomers established numerous villages in a Polish-Ukrainian-Czech-Jewish environment, where they benefited from both tax and military service exemption.
Sep 7, 2010 · Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland (1820–1827) Maps of Volyn Governorate; 1820 maps of Russia
