Volyn Governorate

Volhynian Governorate Волынская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire Ukrainian People's Republic
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Capital		Novograd-Volynsky Zhytomyr (officially since 1804)
History
•	Transformed into Volhynian Governorate	1797
•	Peace of Riga
•	abolished (Okruhas of Ukraine)	1 August 1925
Area
•	1897	42.000 km2(16 sq mi)
Population
•	1897	2,989,482
	Density	71,178.1 /km2  (184,350.5 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions		Governorates of Russian Empire

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Volhynian Governorate (Russian: Волынская губерния, Ukrainian: Волинська губернія) was an administrative-territorial unit initially of the Russian Empire, created at the end of 1796 after the Third Partition of Poland from the territory of the short-lived Volhynian Vice-royalty and Wołyń Voivodeship.

After the Peace of Riga, part of the governorate became the new Wołyń Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic, while the other part stayed as a part of the Ukrainian SSR until 1925.

Until 1796 the guberniya was administrated as a namestnichestvo (Vice-royalty). It was initially centered in Iziaslav and was called the Izyaslav namesnichestvo. It was created mostly out of the Kiev Voivodeship and the east part of the Wolyn Voivodeship.

On 24 October 1795 the Third Partition of Poland happened.

On 12 December 1796 the Volhynian Governorate (guberniya) was created and included the rest of the Wolyn Voivodeship and Kowel Voivodeship.

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