Administration of the Volhynian Counties

Division of the Second Polish Republic

Administration of the Volhynian Counties

Zarząd Powiatów Wołyńskich (Polish)

Administrative division of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands
1919
Capital| Kowel
History|

• Established

| 7 June 1919

• Incorporation into Volhynian District

| 9 September 1919
Contained within|
• Civil administration|  Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands
Political subdivisions| 3 counties

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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| Volhynian District |

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The Administration of the Volhynian Counties[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[edit]

The Administration of the Volhynian Counties 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[edit]

It was divided into counties. Those were:

* Kowel County (seat: Kowel);
* Łuck County (seat: Łuck);
* Włodzimierz County (seat: Włodzimierz Wołyński).

## Citations[edit]

### Notes[edit]

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

### References[edit]

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.

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Subdivisions of the Second Polish Republic (1919–1939)

Independent cities|

* Capital City of Warsaw

Land voivodeships|

* Białystok
* Kielce
* Kraków
* Lublin
* Lwów
* Łódź
* Nowogródek
* Polesie
* Pomeranian
* Poznań
* Stanisławów
* Tarnopol
* Volhynian
* Warsaw
* Wilno

Autonomous voivodeships|

Silesian

Districs|

* Nowogródek
* Polesian
* Volhynian
* Wilno Land

Civil administrations|

| Civil Administration
of the Eastern Lands|

* Brześć
* Mińsk
* Wilno
* Volhynian
* Administration of the Volhynian Counties

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Civil Administration
of the Lands of Volhynia
and Podolian Front|

* Podolian
* Volhynian

Provisional Administration
of the Front-line and Phase Territories|

* Brześć
* Mińsk
* Wilno
* Volhynian

Planned voivodeships|

* Sandomierz

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