Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)
| Volhynian Voivodeship | |||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Lithuania (1566–1569), then Poland (1569–1795) | |||||||||
| 1566–1795 | |||||||||
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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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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 established in the historical region of Volhynia in the Lesser Poland Province.