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Volhynian Vice-royalty

Volhynian Vice-royalty
Волынская наместничество
Vice-royalty of Russian Empire
POL województwo wołyńskie IRP COA.svg
 
POL województwo kijowskie IRP COA.svg
1792–1796 COA of Volin gubernia.png

Coat of arms of Volyn

Coat of arms

Capital Novograd-Volynsky
Zhitomir (officially since 1804)
History
 •  2nd partition of Poland 1792
 •  transformed into a governorate 1 August 1796
Political subdivisions Governorates of Russian Empire

Coat of arms of Volyn

Coat of arms

Volhynian Vice-royalty (Russian: Волынское наместничество) was an administrative-territorial division of the Russian Empire, created at the end of 1792 after the Second Partition of Poland from the territory of the Kijow Voivodeship and Wołyń Voivodeship.


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