Volyn Oblast

Volyn Oblast Волинська область Volyns’ka oblast’
—  Oblast  —
Banner Coat o airms
Eik-name(s): Volyn
Location o Volyn Oblast (red) athin Ukraine (blue)
Kintra	Ukraine
Admin. centre	Lutsk
Govrenment
- Governor	Borys Klymchuk
- Oblast cooncil	80 seats
- Chairperson	Volodymyr Voitovich (Fowkpairty)
Aurie
- Tot	20,144 km2 (7,777.6 sq mi)
Aurie rank	Ranked 20t
Indwallers (2006)
- Tot	1,036,891
- Rank	Ranked 24t
- Densitie	51.5/km2 (133.3/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Simmer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	43xxx-45xxx
Aurie code	+380-33
ISO 3166 code	UA-07
Raions	16
Ceeties o oblast subordinance	4
Ceeties (total)	11
Touns	22
Villages	1053
FIPS 10-4	UP24
Wabsteid	www.voladm.gov.ua

Volyn Oblast (Ukrainian: Волинська область, translit. Volyns’ka oblast’; an aw referred tae as Volyn’) is an oblast (province) in north-wastren Ukraine. Its admeenistrative center is Lutsk. Kovel is the wastmaist toun an the last station in Ukraine o the rail line runnin frae Kiev tae Warsaw.

History

See an aw: Volhynie for earlier history

Volyn wis ance pairt o Kievan Rus' afore becomin an independent local principality an an integral part of the Halych-Volynie, ane o Kievan Rus' successor states. In the 15t century, the aurie came unner the control o neighbourin Grand Duchy o Lithuanie, in 1569 passin ower tae Poland an then in 1795, until Warld War I, tae the Roushie Empire where it was a part o the Volynskaya Guberniya. In the interwar period maist o the territory, organizit as Wołyń Voivodeship wis unner Pols control.

In 1939 when follaeing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact Poland wis invadit an dividit bi Nazi Germany an the Soviet Union, Volyn joined the Soviet Ukraine, an on December 4, 1939 the oblast wis organizit.

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Volyn Oblast destricts.

Many Ukrainians rejoicit at the "reunification", but the Pols minority suffered a cruel fate. Thoosans o Poles, especially retired Pols officers an intelligentsia wur deportit tae Siberie an ither auries in the depths o the Soviet Union. A heich proportion o these deportees dee'd in the extreme conditions o Soviet labour camps an maist wur niver able tae return tae Volyn again.

In 1941 Volyn alang wi the Soviet Union wis invadit bi the Nazi Germany's Barbarossa Offensive. Nazis completit their holocaust o the Jews o Volhynie in late 1942.

Partisan activity stairtit in Volyn in 1941, suin efter German occupation. Partisans wur involvit in the Rail War campaign against German supply lines an wur kent for their efficiency in gatherin intelligence an for sabotage. The region formit the basis o several netwirks an mony members o the local population servit wi the partisans. The Poles in the aurie became pairt o the Pols Hame Airmy, which aften unnerteuk operations wi the partisan movement.

Rivers in the destrict

The Ukrainian Insurgent Airmy (UPA) began operatin in the region in 1942 and then spread to other regions of Ukraine. UPA units fought the German Airmy, Pols Hame Airmy, then the Soviets for mony years efter Warld War II. Unner the false promise o an independent Ukraine, UPA supportit bi Nazi Germany began tae target ethnic minorities (Poles, Jews, Roushie, amang ithers) for liquidation. Some 30,000 tae 60,000 Poles (Pols sources gave even heicher figurs) an aroond 2,000 or more Ukrainians were killed in retaliation (see Massacres of Poles in Volhynia).

In Januar 1944 the Red Airmy recaptured the territory frae the Nazis.

In the immediate eftermath o Warld War II the Pols-Soviet border wis redrawn based on the Curzon line. Volyn, alang wi the neighbourin provinces became an integral pairt o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Maist Poles who remained in the eastren region wur transferred tae the Recovered Territories o wastren Poland (the umwhile eastmaist provinces o Germany) whose German population had been expelled. Some o the Ukrainians on the wastren side, notably aroond the ceety o Kholm (Chełm in Pols), wur an aw alloued tae muive tae Ukraine.

The aurie unnerwent rapid industrialisation includin the construction o the Lutskiy Avtomobilnyi Zavod. Nivertheless the aurie remains ane o the maist rural throughoot the umwhile Soviet Union. It currently ranks amangst Ukraine's poorest auries, likely due tae a lack o investment an a declinin infrastructur. Some o its lands are on the edge o the aurie affectit bi the Chernobyl disaster.

Historical Steids

The follaein historical-cultural steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wonders o Ukraine.

• Upper Castle
• Volodymyr-Volynsky historical-cultural complex
• Villa-museum o Lesia Ukrainka
• Paintin o the Holm's Virgin Mary

Politics

Umwhile Chairmen o Oblast Cooncil

• - 2006 Vasyl Dmytruk Lytvyn's Bloc
• 2006 - Anatoliy Hrytsiuk

Subdiveesions

The Volyn Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 16 raions (destricts), as well as 4 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Kovel, Novovolynsk, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, and the administrative center of the oblast, Lutsk.

Raions of the Volyn Oblast

	In Scots	In Ukrainian	Admeenistrative Center
	Horokhivskyi Raion	Горохівський район Horokhivs'kyi raion	Horokhiv (Ceety)
	Ivanychivskyi Raion	Іваничівський район Ivanychivs'kyi raion	Ivanychi (Urban-type settlement)
	Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion	Камінь-Каширський район Kamin'-Kashyrs'kyi raion	Kamin-Kashyrskyi (Ceety)
	Kivertsivskyi Raion	Ківерцівський район Kivertsivs'kyi raion	Kivertsi (Ceety)
	Kovelskyi Raion	Ковельський район Kovels'kyi raion	Kovel (Ceety)
	Lokachynskyi Raion	Локачинський район Lokachyns'kyi raion	Lokachi (Urban-type settlement)
	Lutskyi Raion	Луцький район Luts'kyi raion	Lutsk (Ceety)
	Lyubeshivskyi Raion	Любешівський район Lyubeshivs'kyi raion	Lyubeshiv (Urban-type settlement)
	Lyubomlskyi Raion	Любомльський район Lyubomls'kyi raion	Lyuboml (Ceety)
	Manevytskyi Raion	Маневицький район Manevyts'kyi raion	Manevychi (Ceety)
	Ratnivskyi Raion	Ратнівський район Ratnivs'kyi raion	Ratne (Urban-type settlement)
	Rozhyshchenskyi Raion	Рожищенський район Rozhyshchens'kyi raion	Rozhysche (Ceety)
	Shatskyi Raion	Шацький район Shats'kyi raion	Shatsk (Ceety)
	Starovyzhivskyi Raion	Старовижівський район Starovyzhivs'kyi raion	Stara Vyzhivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Turiyskyi Raion	Турійський район Turiys'kyi raion	Turiysk (Urban-type settlement)
	Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion	Володимир-Волинський район Volodymyr-Volynskyi raion	Volodymyr-Volynskyi (Ceety)

Freemit airtins

• Lutsk ceety cooncil (Inglis)
• Volyn Oblast State Admeenistration (Ukrainian)
• Volyn Region (Newspaper) (Ukrainian)
• Pictur album (Ukrainian)