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21-625: The raion was originally created in 1923 as Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion , within the Volhynian Governorate of the Ukrainian SSR . In 1932, it was reassigned to Kyiv Oblast . In 1935, the raion was abolished. During World War II , the raion's former territory was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 1941 to January 1944. Soviet partisans fought back against the occupation, and the Nazis burned down several villages. In 1958, Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion

42-452: A famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko stayed at Hulsk. In honour of this event a memorable sign was set on the bank of the river Sluch. In Hulsk and other villages of the district along an old state boundary there were fortifications buildings (pillboxes, bunkers) of times of Second World War (“line of Stalin ”), which are the objects of tourism. Volhynian Governorate Volhynia Governorate , also known as Volyn Governorate ,

63-420: Is Horodnytskyi park (ХІХ century), dendropark “Pilyava” (local value). River Sluch has numerous of thresholds and is interesting for the supporters of water tourism (the route of the second category of complication passes through this route). There are numerous of sights of local value in a district: synagogue (ХІХ-ХХcenturies), the church of St. Anthony beginning of the ХХ century, St. George's church (1903); of

84-906: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania . Following the 1569 union of Lublin , it was ceded to the Crown of Poland as part of the Lesser Poland (Malopolska) Province. The capital of the voivodeship was in Łuck (presentday Lutsk), and it had three senators in the Senate of the Commonwealth. These were the Bishop of Luck, the Voivode of Volhynia and the Castellan of Volhynia. Volhynian Voivodeship was divided into three counties: Luck, Wlodzimierz and Krzemieniec . Local starostas resided in

105-651: The Jagiellonian dynasty . King Casimir IV Jagiellon decided that Volhynia should become part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , but the Polish-Lithuanian conflict continued until the 1569 Union of Lublin , when Volhynia was transferred to Poland, and became a voivodeship. Its first voivode was Prince Aleksander Czartoryski [...] Upon the decision of the Sejm, Volhynia was part of the Province of Lesser Poland . Its legal system

126-530: The Kowel Voivodeship . In 1796, the administration moved to Novograd-Volynsky . However, due to the lack of suitable buildings for administrative purposes, the capital was moved once again to Zhitomir ( Zhytomyr ). In 1802, Zhitomir was purchased the properties of Prince Ilyinsky, and in 1804, it officially became the seat of Volhynia Governorate. From 1832 to 1915, Volhynia Governorate, along with Kiev Governorate and Podolia Governorate , formed part of

147-682: The Peace of Riga , part of the governorate became the new Wołyń Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic , while the other part stayed as a part of the Ukrainian SSR until 1925 when it was abolished on resolution of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee and Counsel of People's Commissars. Until 1796, the guberniya was administered as a Viceroyalty ( namestnichestvo ). It was initially centred in Izyaslav and

168-805: The Russian Empire Census on 28 January [ O.S. 1897] 15 January, the Volhynian Governorate had a population of 2,982,482, including 1,502,803 men and 1,486,679 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish , Polish , German , and Russian speaking minorities. 50°15′16″N 28°39′28″E  /  50.2544°N 28.6578°E  / 50.2544; 28.6578 Wo%C5%82y%C5%84 Voivodeship (1569%E2%80%931795) Volhynian Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo wołyńskie , Latin : Palatinatus Volhynensis , Ukrainian : Волинське воєводство , Volynske voievodstvo )

189-643: The Southwestern Krai General-Governorate–a militarized administrative-territorial unit. In the 1880s, the general-governorate was extended to include other governorates. In 1897, the population of the guberniya was 2,989,482 and by 1905, it had grown to 3,920,400. The majority of the population in the governorate spoke the Ukrainian language with slight variety of dialects. During the Ukrainian–Soviet War Zhitomir served as

210-732: The Luck County. It had 68 towns, and in 1583, the number of villages was as follows: 777 in Luck County, 294 in Wlodzimierz County, and 562 in Krzemieniec County. During the reign of Stefan Batory , there were 65 castles and forts [...] Boundaries of Volhynian Voivodeship did not include whole historic Volhynia, as Zytomierz and Owrucz , commonly regarded as Volhynian towns, belonged to Kiev Voivodeship . Historic Volhynia reached deep into Kiev, Braclaw and Podolian Voivodeships, but its boundaries were never precise. Volhynian Voivodeship

231-693: The Virgin Protectress church and bell tower (1794, 1847) in v. Barvinovka, post-house (1854–58) in v. Bronyky, the church of St. John the Theologian (1912) in v. Mala Horbasha; Michael's church (1901) in v. Serednia Derazhnia; Intercession church (1907–11) in v. Yarun, Michael's church (1913) in v. Hrud; Church of Christmas of the Virgin(1847) in v. Zholobne; the Ascension’s church (1901) in v. Ivashkivka; Roman Catholic church (ХІХ century) in v. Lebedivka. In 1846

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252-507: The fact that in Ruthenian lands there were no well-defined boundaries of duchies and provinces. In 1366, King Casimir the Great confirmed his rule over the upper Bug river , capturing Wlodzimierz Wolynski . The conflict with Lithuania continued, as both sides wanted to control whole Volhynia, together with Luck [...] After the death of Svitrigaila , the vast Volhynian land became direct property of

273-629: The provisional capital of Ukraine in 1918. After the Polish-Soviet war in 1920, and according to the Peace of Riga (1921) most of the territory became part of the Second Polish Republic and transformed into the Wołyń Voivodeship , with the capital in Łuck (Lutsk). The eastern portion existed until 1925 and was later split into three okruhas: Shepetivka Okruha, Zhytomyr Okruha, and Korosten Okruha. Russian Census of 1897 According to

294-577: The raion population was 43,789 (2020 est.). The Ukrainian parliament renamed the raion Zviahel Raion , simultaneously approving the renaming of the city Zviahel , on 16 November 2022. It is located in the western part of Zhytomyr Oblast. There is a number of the reserves in a district: “Horodnytskyi”, “Kazyava”, “Tuhanivskyi”, Chervonovilskyi” (all- national value), “Botanical”, “Myheivskyi”, “Sapozhynskyi”, “Storozhivskyi”, “Veresna”, “Klenovskyi”(local value), sight of nature of national value “Larch”, sight of landscape-gardening art of national value

315-749: The three capitals of the counties, while sejmiks took place at Luck. The voivodeship had two deputies in the Polish Sejm , and one deputy in the Lesser Poland Tribunal in Lublin . Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of Volhynian Voivodeship: After Liubartas seized northern Volhynia, the Kingdom of Poland captured Red Ruthenia . A conflict between Poland and Lithuania began, complicated by

336-516: The west. Its capital was in Novograd-Volynsky until 1804, and then Zhitomir . It corresponded to most of modern-day Volyn , Rivne and Zhytomyr Oblasts of Ukraine and some parts of Brest and Gomel Regions of Belarus . It was created at the end of 1796 after the Third Partition of Poland from the territory of the short-lived Volhynian Vice-royalty and Wołyń Voivodeship . After

357-662: 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 . The voivodeship was established based on the Łuck Eldership (starostvo) in 1566 with

378-572: Was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire . It consisted of an area of 71,736 square kilometres (27,697 sq mi) and a population of 2,989,482 inhabitants. The governorate bordered Grodno and Minsk Governorates to the north, Kiev Governorate to the east, Podolia Governorate to the south, Lublin and Siedlce Governorates , and after 1912, Kholm Governorate and Austria to

399-558: Was based on the Statutes of Lithuania , with local residents allowed to make changes to the statutes. Legal position of Ruthenian ruling class ( knyaz ) was equal to the Polish nobility , and in 1578, Polish government offices were established in Volhynia, followed by an infux of Polish settlers [...] In the 16th century, Volhynian Voivodeship had the area of 750 sq. miles, half of which was made by

420-692: Was called the Izyaslav Viceroyalty. It was primarily created from the Kiev Voivodeship and the eastern part of the Wolyn Voivodeship. On 24 October 1795, the Third Partition of Poland was imposed by Prussia , the Habsburg monarchy , and the Russian Empire . Then, on 12 December 1796, Volhynia Governorate was established, encompassing the remaining territory of the Wolyn Voivodeship and

441-471: Was restored as part of Zhytomyr Oblast . Its boundaries were repeatedly changed until 1966, at which point they stayed the same for a long time. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of

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