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History and Administrative Division .
The territory of the Government of Volhynia was part of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania
until it was annexed by the Russian Empire in the Second Polish Partition 1793 and in the
Third Polish Partition 1795. It was an administrative unit (government, gubernia) of the Russian Empire
until the Russian Revolution, following which it was partitioned by Ukraine,
Belarus and Poland; since 1945 most of its territory is Ukrainian, some parts on northern
Volhynia Belarussian. Volhynia Gubernia bordered on Congress Poland in the west, on Galicia (Austria-Hungary, on Podolia Gubernia in the south, on Kiev Gubernia in the east, on Minsk and Grodno Gubernia in the north. Volhynia Gubernia was divided in 12 Uyezds : Dubno, Kovel, Kremenets, Lutsk, Novgorod Volynsk, Ostrog, Ovruch, Rovno, Saslavl, Zhitomir, Staro-Konstantinov, Vladimir-Volynsk. The Zemstvo Constitution was only introduced in 1911; Zemstvo institutions were dominated by the nobility, and abolished in the course of the Russian Revolution. Population . The population was 1,213,000 in 1810, 1,412,900 in 1840, 1,643,300 in 1867, 2,196,000 in 1885, 4,241,800 in 1915 (Lahmeyer). The area was affected by Napoleon's invasion of Russia 1812-1813 and by the Polish rebellions of 1830-1831 and 1863-1864. The population consisted of Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Belarussians,Jews, Lithuanians, Germans and Tatars; by religion of Russian Orthodox Christians, of Roman Catholics and of Jews. Poles dominated the Volhynian nobility and the Volhynian cities, which also had a strong Jewish element. Economy . In 1884, 37.5 % of the area was farmland, 32 % covered by forest, 18.5 % pastorage. Main agricultural products were grain, potatoes, lentals. In 1884, 806 factories with a combined workforce of 10,118 workers were counted (Meyer). Timber was exported. Forest products (pitch, tar etc.) were produced, coal and lignite mined (EB 1911). Culture . The Julian Calendar was reintroduced in 1800. Historic Encyclopedias on Volhynia Gubernia (1837-1909) |
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Wolyn, from Eastern Borderlands of the II Polish Republic Article Volynskaya Gubernia, from Wikipedia Russian edition Wolhynien, from BKGE, in German |
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Articles : Governments : Volhynia, from EB 1911 Articles : Wolhynien, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
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List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Volyn Gubernia, from
The Virtual Matchbox Label Museum, in Russian Russia, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB ; search for Volhynia |
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Languages of Ukraine, from Ethnologue |
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Jewish History of Ukraine, by Daniel Romanowski Article Ukrainian Orthodox Church, from Wikipedia History, from Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
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Pale of Settlement, from Jewish Virtual Library |
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Articles Zhytomyr : History,
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Kovel,
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Volodimir-Volynsky, from Wikipedia |
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Historical Population Statistics : Ukraine, from Population
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Archive for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem |
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Government Volhynia etc. 1882, from FEEFHS (Blackie & Sons 1882) Volhynia Gubernia Map, posted by Michael Steinore Volhynia Gubernia map, from Wikimedia, undated, in Russian Map : Royaume du Pologne, (shows Volhynia Gubernia; Heck, Atlas Geographique et Historique 1835), posted by M. Witkam Maps : W Volhynia, E Volhynia, (Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910), posted by M. Witkam |
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Articles : Governments : Volhynia,
Cities : Zhitomir,
Kremenets,
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Vladimir-Volhynskiy, from EB 1911 Articles Wolhynien, Shitomir, Dubno, Kowel, Kremenez, Luzk, Nowograd Wolynsk, Ostrog, Radziwilow, Rowno, Sasslawl, Staro-Konstantinow, Wladimir-Wolynsk, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Article Volhynien, from Pierer's Universal-Lexikon 1857-1865, in German Articles Wolynien (Gov.), Dubno, Kowel, Kremenez, Luzk, Ostrog, Owrutsch, Rowno, Shitomir, Staro-Konstantinow, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1902-1908, in German |
| Religious |
Articles Zhitomir,
Dubno,
Kovel,
Kremenets,
Lutsk,
Ostrog,
Starokonstantinov,
from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 edition Article Lutzk, Zhitomir and Kamenetz, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1908 edition |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Das Gouvernement Wolhynien, pp.492-494 in Th. Fr. Ehrmann,
Neueste Kunde vom Russischen Reiche in Europa und Asien,
vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB Das Gouvernement Wolhynien, pp.279-282 in vol.1 of Das Russische Kaiserreich, seine Geographie, Statistik, Volks- und Regentengeschichte, 1847, in German, GB W.H. Beable, Russian gazetteer and guide, being an account of the territorial divisions and a description of over 300 of the principal towns and cities of Russia, Finland and Siberia (1919), posted on Internet Archive; Volhynia p.45 |
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RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
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EBSEES (European Bibliography of Slavic and Eastern European Studies), search for Wolhynen, Volhynia |
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Kohut, Zenon E., Historical Dictionary of Ukraine, Rowman & Littlefield 2005, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.7 K79h |
