Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)
| Volhynian Voivodeship | |||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Lithuania (1566–1569) and then Poland (1569–1795) | |||||||||
| 1566–1795 | |||||||||
The Volhynian Voivodeship (red) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1635 | |||||||||
| Capital | Lutsk (Polish: Łuck) | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 38,324 km2 (14,797 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1566 | ||||||||
• To Polish Crown | 1569 | ||||||||
| 24 October 1795 | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | counties: 3 | ||||||||
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| 1 Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569. | |||||||||
Volhynian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo wołyńskie, Latin: Palatinatus Volhynensis, Ukrainian: Волинське воєводство, Volynske voievodstvo) 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.