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Volhynian Counties Administration

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Volhynian Counties Administration
Zarząd Powiatów Wołyńskich (Polish)
Administrative division of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands
1919
CapitalKowel
History 
• Established
7 June 1919
• Incorporation into Volhynian District
9 September 1919
Contained within
 • Civil administration Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands
Political subdivisions3 counties
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Volhynian District

The Volhynian Counties Administration[a] was a provisional administrative division of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands controlled by the Second Polish Republic, that existed from 7 June 1919 to 9 September 1919.[1][2] Its seat was located in Kowel.[1]

History

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The Volhynian Counties Administration was a provisional administrative division, acting as a district of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands controlled by the Second Polish Republic. It was established on 7 June 1919, from the area of the Ukrainian SSR, that was occupied by Poland during the Polish–Soviet War.[1][3] Its seat was located in the town of Kowel (now Kovel, Ukraine), and its area was divided into three counties, which were: Kowel, Łuck, and Włodzimierz.[1][4] It was incorporated into then-established Volhynian District on 9 September 1919.[2][3]

Subdivisions

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It was divided into counties. Those were:

Citations

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Notes

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  1. ^ Polish: Zarząd Powiatów Wołyńskich; Ukrainian: Управління повітів Волині

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Journal of the Laws of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, 1919, no. 5, position 41.
  2. ^ a b Journal of the Laws of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, 1919, no. 17, position 153.
  3. ^ a b Adam Janusz Mielcarek: Węzłowe zagadnienia ustrojowe Zarządu Cywilnego Ziem Wschodnich (1919-1920), w świetle aktów normatywnych. Toruń.
  4. ^ Bożena Łazowska: Census of the Eastern Lands of the Second Polish Republic in 1919, in "Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician, 2019, vol. 64, 10, 63–76 DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0013.7586.