Volhynian Counties Administration
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]
| Volhynian Counties Administration Zarząd Powiatów Wołyńskich (Polish) | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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History
editThe 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
editIt was divided into counties. Those were:
- Kowel County (seat: Kovel);
- Łuck County (seat: Lutsk);
- Włodzimierz County (seat: Volodymyr).
Citations
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Journal of the Laws of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, 1919, no. 5, position 41.
- ^ a b Journal of the Laws of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, 1919, no. 17, position 153.
- ^ a b Adam Janusz Mielcarek: Węzłowe zagadnienia ustrojowe Zarządu Cywilnego Ziem Wschodnich (1919-1920), w świetle aktów normatywnych. Toruń.
- ^ 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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