Volhynian District (1919–1920)

Volhynian District

Okręg wołyński (Polish)

District of Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front and Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories

1919–1920

Location within Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front

Capital

Kovel (1919)
Lutsk (1919–1920)

History

• Formation of Administration of the Volhynian Counties

7 June 1919

• Formation of Volhynian District

9 September 1919

• Incorporation into Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front

17 January 1920

• Incorporation into Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories

9 September 1920

• Incorporation into Volhynian District, Poland

20 December 1920

Contained within

• Civil administration

Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands (September 1919 – January 1920)
Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front (January 1920 – September 1920)
Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories (September 1920 – December 1920)

Political subdivisions

From 9 to 11 counties

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Administration of the Volhynian Counties
	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Volhynian District
Polesian District

Volhynian District was a district of the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands from September 1919 to January 1920, Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front from January 1920 to September 1920 and Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories from September 1920 to December 1920, all of which were under the control of the Second Polish Republic. Its seat was located in Lutsk, and before that, its provisional seat was in Kovel.

It was established on 9 September 1919 and formed from Administration of the Volhynian Counties and territories conquered from the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and existed within the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands. On 17 January 1920, it was incorporated into the Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front, and on 9 September 1920, to the Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories. On 20 December 1920, the civil administration was disestablished and the district was incorporated mostly into, Volhynian District, Poland, with the exception of Koszyrski County that was incorporated into Polesian District, Poland.