Administration of the Volhynian Counties

The Administration of the Volhynian Counties[lower-alpha 1] 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]

Administration of the Volhynian Counties
Zarząd Powiatów Wołyńskich (Polish)
Administrative division of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands
1919
CapitalKowel
History
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

History

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

It was divided into counties. Those were:

Citations

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

References
  1. Journal of the Laws of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, 1919, no. 5, position 41.
  2. Journal of the Laws of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, 1919, no. 17, position 153.
  3. 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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