Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)

Volhynian Voivodeship Palatinatus Volhynensis Województwo wołyńskie
Voivodeship of Poland¹
← 1566–1795 →
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The Volhynian Voivodeship (red) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1635
Capital		Lutsk (Polish: Łuck)
History
•	Established	1566
•	To Polish Crown	1569
•	Annexed by Russia	24 October 1795
Area		38,324 km2(14,797 sq mi)
Political subdivisions		counties: 3
¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569.

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Volhynian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo wołyńskie, Latin: Palatinatus Volhynensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1566 until 1569 and of the Polish Crown within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 1569 Union of Lublin until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. It was part of the Ruthenian lands in the Lesser Poland Province.

The capital of the voivodeship was in Luck, and it had three senators in the Senate of the Commonwealth. These were the Bishop of Luck, the Voivode of Volhynia and the Castellan of Volhynia. Volhynian Voivodeship was divided into three counties: Luck, Wlodzimierz Wolynski and Krzemieniec. Local starostas resided in the three capitals of the counties, while sejmiks took place at Luck. The voivodeship had two deputies in the Polish Sejm, and one deputy in the Lesser Poland Tribunal in Lublin.

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