Volhynian Governorate

The government of Volhynia (Russian Волынская губерния / Wolynskaja Gubernija ) was in the southwestern part of the Russian Empire and bordering on the provinces of Grodno, Minsk, Kiev, Podolia until 1912 at the Russian-Polish provinces of Lublin and Sjedlez, and then at the newly formed government of Chelm, as well as the belonging to Austria Galicia. It consisted of 71,853 km ². Capital was Zhitomir ( ukr: Zhytomyr ). The province was divided into twelve districts:

• Dubno
• Kovel
• Kremenez
• Lutsk
• Novgorod - Wolynsk ( Ukr Nowohrad - Wolynskyj )
• Ostrog ( Ukr Ostroh )
• Ovruch
• Rovno ( Rivne Ukr )
• Izjaslav
• Zhitomir
• Starokonstantinov ( Ukr Starokostjantyniw )
• Vladimir Volynsky ( Ukr Volodymyr- Wolynskyj )

History

For older history see: Volyn, Halych - Volhynia

In the second and third partition of Poland, the area came to Russia. 1793-1795 there was a government Izjaslav, which included accrued areas in the second division. This was extended to the third division and formed the government in nachmaliger form in areas of the former Polish voivodeships Volhynia and Kiev. 1795-1804 was the capital of Novgorod - Wolinski. It was subordinate together with the rest of the Western Ukraine the Governor-General of Kiev.

After the First World War it was divided in the Civil War after some vicissitudes: the western part of Lutsk and Rovno came to Poland, where a new province was formed Volhynia, the eastern part fell to the Ukrainian SSR.

Statistics

The population was 1897 inhabitants 2989.482 ( 41.7 to 1 km ²).

There were 2,095,579 Ukrainians, Russians, 104 889, 394 774 Jews, 184 161 Poland, 171 331 German and 27,670 Czechs. The commitment by 71 % were Orthodox, 13.2% Jewish, 9.9 % Roman Catholic, 5.8% Lutheran.

From the area accounted for 37% of arable land, 32% forest, 18.2% on meadows and pastures, 12.3% on wasteland. Main sources of income were agriculture, especially in the south, livestock, forest culture in the north ( at a profit of timber, pitch and tar ), fishing, hunting and fruit growing. The harvest yielded in tons: 303 728 wheat, rye 564 861, 133 889 barley, buckwheat, 70 897, 38 802 millet, oats 341 694, 968 322 potatoes, sugar beet also with 368 302 tonnes and tobacco. The live stock amounted in 1904 to 700,000 horses, 1.132 million head of cattle, 820,000 gross and 115,000 sheep with fine wool, 1,010,000 pigs, 10,000 goats.

The industry was still at a low level. They counted 1900: 1827 commercial establishments with 19 511 workers, including 16 sugar factories. This was followed by flour mills, distilleries, sawmills wood. At minerals were mined: china clay, ball clay, granite, graphite and yellow amber from near Dubno. The trade sales particularly grain and timber goods abroad. The main trading centers were Dubno, Zhitomir, Ostrog and Radsiwilow (Ukrainian Radywyliw ).