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Volhynia
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Volhynia or Volynia ( ; see ) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in Ukraine it is roughly equivalent to Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, and the northern part of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Ternopil Oblast. The territory that still carries the name is Volyn Oblast.
Volhynia is a historic region located in Central and Eastern Europe, spanning parts of present-day Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine, with its modern Ukrainian portion roughly corresponding to several oblasts in the northwest. The region matters because it represents an important part of Eastern European history and geography, though its exact borders have never been clearly defined and have shifted throughout time.
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Key facts
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- Rivne Oblast
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- Zhytomyr Oblast
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- Ternopil Oblast
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- Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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- Lublin Voivodeship
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- Brest Region
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- Volhynian
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- Volhynia
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- Volynia
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- Country
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- Southeastern Poland, Southwestern Belarus, Western Ukraine
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- Instance of
- Ukrainian historical regions
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- Said to be same as
- Lodomeria
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- Volhynia
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- Category:Volhynia
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People of Volhynia
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- WikiProject Ukraine
- different from
- Volhynie
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Names and etymology
- Geography
- History
- Late modern period
- World War I
- Interwar period
- World War II
- Important relics
- Gallery
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- References
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Volhynia or Volynia ( ; see ) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in Ukraine it is roughly equivalent to Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, and the northern part of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Ternopil Oblast. The territory that still carries the name is Volyn Oblast.
Volhynia has changed hands numerous times throughout history and been divided among competing powers. For centuries it was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the Russian annexation during the Partitions of Poland, all of Volhynia was made part of the Pale of Settlement on the southwestern border of the Russian Empire. Important cities include Rivne, Lutsk, Zviahel, and Volodymyr.
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