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Rivne Oblast

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Rivne Oblast

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Also known as Rivne Region, Rivnenshchyna, Rovno Oblast, Polesie

oblast of Ukraine

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Rivne Oblast is a region in northwestern Ukraine that serves as an administrative division of the country. It is one of Ukraine's 24 oblasts (provinces) and plays a role in the country's regional governance and economy.

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Rivne Oblast (Ukrainian: Рівненська область, romanized: Rívnensʹka óblastʹ), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (Ukrainian: Рівненщина, romanized: Rívnenščyna), is an oblast in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of the region is 20,100 square kilometres (7,800 mi). Its population is: 1,141,784 (2022 estimate).

Before its annexation by the Soviet Union during World War II, the region was part of the Second Polish Republic's Wołyń Voivodeship following the Polish–Soviet War. Previously it was part of the Volhynian Governorate.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rivne Oblast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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