Polesian Voivodeship
The Voivodeship of Polesia ( Polish Województwo Poleskie ) was a voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic from 1921 to 1939 . The seat of the administration and the capital was Brześć nad Bugiem (today Brest ).
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location and size
The voivodeship with the cities of Brześć , Pińsk , Dawidgródek , Kobryń and Prużana extended over the central part of eastern Poland .
It bordered the Nowogródek Voivodeship in the north, the Soviet Union in the east, the Volyn Voivodeship in the south, the Lublin Voivodeship in the southwest and the Białystok Voivodeship in the northwest .
The landscape was shaped by the marshland of Polesia ( Prypiat marshes ). According to statistics from January 1, 1937, 33.3% of the land area was covered with forest, far more than the 22.2% national average.
In 1921 the voivodship covered an area of 42,280 km². The 17 cities and 113 rural communities were divided into 10 powiats . Due to the spin-off of the Sarny Powiat in the Volhynia Voivodeship in 1930, the area was only 36,668 km² in 1939.
history
The voivodeship was established on February 19, 1921 after the end of the fighting in the course of the Polish-Soviet War , the capital was initially in Pińsk, then on March 23, 1923 the seat was officially moved to Brześć.
On January 1, 1923, the Powiat Stolin was created from the municipalities of the Powiats Łuniniec, Sarny and Pińsk ; on December 16, 1930, the Powiat Sarny was spun off from the Voivodeship and incorporated into the Volhynia Voivodeship. On April 1, 1935, the Powiat Kosów was renamed by moving the main town in Powiat Iwacewicze .
In September 1939, during World War II, the voivodeship was occupied by the Soviets during the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland and by Germany after the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 . After the end of World War II, the area of the voivodeship became part of the Soviet Union ( Belarusian SSR ).
population
The population was 808,898 in 1921, of which 42% Belarusians, 24% Poles, 8% Ukrainians and 10% Jews and in 1931 1.132 million, of which 15% Poles, 5% Ukrainians and 10% Jews. The vast majority of the population (62%) were Belarusians.
Administrative subdivision (1934)
Powiat Brześć consisting of the towns of Brześć nad Bugiem, Kamieniec Litewski and Wysokie Litewskie as well as the Gminas :
- Dmitrowicze
- Domaczewo
- Kamienica Żyrowiecka
- Kamieniec Litewski
- Kosicze
- Małoryta
- Miedna
- Motykały
- Ołtusz
- Ratajczyce
- Turna
- Wielkoryta
- Wierzchowice
- Wołczyn
- Wysokie Litewskie
Powiat Drohiczyn consisting of the towns of Janów and Motol and the Gminas :
Powiat Kobryń consisting of the cities of Antopol , Dywin and Kobryń as well as the Gminas :
- Antopol
- Dywin
- Dziatkowicze
- Horodec
- Kobryń
- Lelików
- Matiasy
- Nowosiółki
- Oziaty
- Podolesia
- Tewle
- Żabinka
Powiat Kosów consisting of the cities of Kosów Poleski and Różana as well as the Gminas :
- Iwacewicze
- Kosów
- Piaski
- Różana
- Święta Wola
- Telechany
Powiat Kamień Kaszyrski consisting of the Gminas :
- Borovno
- Chocieszów
- Kamień Koszyrski
- Lubieszów
- Lelików
- Soszyczno
- Pniewno
- Wielka Głusza
Powiat Łuniniec consisting of the cities of Kożangródek , Łachwa and Łuniniec as well as the Gminas :
- Chotynicze
- Czuczewicze
- Kruhowicze
- Lenin
- Łachwa
- Łuniniec
Powiat Pińsk consisting of the cities of Łohiszyn , Pińsk and Serniki as well as the Gminas :
Powiat Prużana consisting of the cities of Prużana, Bereza Kartuska and Szereszów as well as the Gminas :
- Horodeczno
- Malecz
- Prużana
- Rudniki
- Siechniewicze
- Sielec
- Suchopol
- Szereszów
Powiat Stolin consisting of the cities of Dawidgródek , Stolin and Wysock as well as the Gminas :
September 1939 and its aftermath
In September 1939, German and Soviet troops invaded Poland, with the country and the Polesian Voivodeship being incorporated into the Belarusian Soviet Republic and small parts of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic. After 1945 the area remained with the Soviet Union , today the former Polesian Voivodeship belongs in large parts to Belarus, a small part in the south to Ukraine Oblast Volyn and Oblast Rivne .
literature
- Diana Siebert: Techniques of rule in the swamp and their ranges. Landscape interventions and social engineering in Polesia from 1914 to 1941 . Wiesbaden 2019. ISBN 978-3-447-11229-1 .
Footnotes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170917104606/http://www.szukamypolski.com/strona/wojewodztwo/8
- ↑ Według publikacji: Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - Tom VIII - Województwo Poleskie, Główny Urząd Statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Warszawa 1924
- ↑ Drugi Powszechny Spis Ludności 1931 - Województwo poleskie
