940:, and Sarny. By 1937 the total length of railroads within voivodeship grew to 1,063 km, while rail density was 2.9 km per 100 km (the lowest in the country). The number of people employed in trades was 38,400 in 12,800 enterprises. Improvements in the socio-economic situation of the ethnically Belarusian peasantry were very slow. Statistically, ethnic Poles constituted 14,5% of the general population in 1931; Polish Jews, about 10,1% (or 114,000) half of whom (at roughly 49%) lived in the cities. Most of provincial economy depended upon the Jewish tradesmen, many of whom immigrated to Poland to escape pogroms in the east. Ethnic Ukrainian population of Polesie was 19,3% of the voivodeship, at 219,000. Persisting needs of continuous state investment (as outlined in the 1936 memo) were massive; the road-building programme required 7.1 million
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Dmitrowicze • Domaczewo • Dworce (1928<) • Kamienica Żyrowiecka • Kamieniec
Litewski • Kosicze • Łyszczyce (1928<) • Małoryta • Miedna • Motykały • Ołtusz • Połowce (1928<) • Przyborowo (1928<) • Radwanicze (1928<) • Ratajczyce • Turna • Wielkoryta • Wierzchowice • Wojska (1928<) • Wołczyn • Wysokie Litewskie • Życin (1928<)
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445:), and had 12 substantial towns or cities. In 1921, the population of the province numbered 879,417, with a population density of about 20.8 persons per km, the lowest in interwar Poland. By 1931, thanks to a government-sponsored settlement programme and the progressive development of education, commerce and industry in the urban centres (neglected under Tsarist Russia), the population had risen to 1,132,200, and the population density to 31 per km. The Jews constituted 49.2% of the urban population of Polesie, the highest in interwar Poland. They engaged mainly in retail trade, commerce and small industry.
820:(1932<) • Maciejewicze (1926<) • Malecz • Matiasy (lub gmina Matjasy) (1925<) • Międzylesie (1926–32) • Mikitycze (1926<) • Noski (1926<) • Prużana (1926>) • Rewiatycze (1932<) • Rudniki (Chorewo / Rudniki) • Siechniewicze • Sielec • Suchopol (1926>) • (1926<) • Szereszów
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1926>) • Mokrany (1928<) • Nowosiółki • Oziaty • Podolesie (Jeremicze) • Pruska (1928<) • Rohoźna (Rohożna, 1928<) • Siechnowicze (1928<) • Stryhowo (1928<) • Tewle (1928>) • Zbirohi (Zbirogi, 1928<) • Ziołowo (1928<) • Żabinka (1928>)
2101:
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768:(1928<) • Łuniniec (1928>) • Płotnica (1922<) • Pohost Zahorodzki (Pohost Zahorodny, 1922<) • Stolin (1922<) • Sosnkowicze (1939) • Terebieżów (1922<) • Zaostrowiecze (1922<) • Dawidgródek (1922<) • Horodno (1922<)
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Bezdzież • Braszewicze • Chomsk • Drohiczyn (Poleski) • Drużyłowicze (1928) • Imienin (1928) • Janów • Motol • Odryżyn • Osowce • Woławel • Worocewicze (1928)
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annually, with the complete lack of stone in the area. The projected cost of reconstructing waterways was estimated at 14.4 million złoty; processing plants and points of sales at 2.5 million złoty, dairy industry at 480.000 złoty annually, including 2 million złoty for education. In the opinion of
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Berezów (1922<) • Chorsk (1922<) • Chotynicze • Czuczewicze • Dobrosławka (1922<) • Kożangródek (1928<) • Kruhowicze • Lenin (1939<) • Łachwa • Łunin
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Kamin-Kashyrskyi County's population according to the 1921 census included 41,522 Ukrainians, 9,183 Poleshuks ("Tutejszy") and just 6 Belarusians. According to the 1931 census this county's population included 74,313 Poleshuk ("Tutejszy" language), 8,271 Ukrainian, 1,136 Belarusian and 250 Russian
868:. However, after the citywide fire in August 1921, the voivodship's capital was moved to Brześć Litewski. Brześć Litewski was renamed as Brześć nad Bugiem ("Brest on the Bug" in Polish) on March 20, 1923. Between 1921 and 1923 the first administrative division of Polesie Voivodeship included: the
793:
Brodnica • Chojno • Dobrosławka (1923>) • Kuchecka Wola • Lemieszewicze • Lubieszów (1926<) • Łohiszyn • Moroczna • Pinkowicze • Pohost
Zahorodzki
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Bajki (1926<) • Bereza
Kartuzka (lub gmina Bereza Kartuzka) (1932<) • Czerniaków (1926<) • Dobuczyn (1926<) • Horodeczno (lub gmina Horodeczna) • Kotra (1932<) • Linowo
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Antopol • Błoty (1928<) • Dywin • Dziatkowicze (1928>) • Horodec • Iłosk (1928<) • Kobryń (1928>) • Lelików (1926>) • Matiasy (Matjasy,
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According to the 1931 census, some 80.6% of the population engaged in agriculture. Most estates above 50 hectares in size, were owned by Poles (65.4%), followed by ethnic
Belarusians (17.8%). The majority of inhabitants (62.6%) described themselves merely as “locals”
794:(1923>) • Porzecze • Radczysk (1922<) • Stawek (do 1928) • Uhrynicze (1926<) • Wiczówka • Żabczyce • Pińsk • Serniki ?
1783:[Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 grudnia 1931 r. w sprawie zmiany rozporządzenia Rady Ministrów z dnia 26 kwietnia 1929 r. o zniesieniu powiatu kosowskiego w województwie poleskiem i utworzeniu z jego terytorjum powiatu iwacewickiego].
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Borowno (Wielki Obzyr) • Chocieszów • Kamień Koszyrski • Lubieszów • Lelików • Soszyczno • Uhrynicze (Pniewno) • Wielka Głusza (Wielka Hłusza)
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Berezów • Chorsk • Płotnica • Radczysk (1928<) • Stolin • Terebieżów (1928<) • Wysock • Dawidgródek • Horodno (1927<)
936:(ending in 1918), left Polesie in the state of economic collapse. Roads and means of communication were destroyed, along with most of the industry. Agriculture was underdeveloped. There were few rail hubs: Brześć (with 5 routes), Łuniniec,
1674:[Ustawa z dnia 4 lutego 1921 r. o unormowaniu stanu prawno-politycznego na ziemiach, przyłączonych do obszaru Rzeczypospolitej na podstawie umowy o preliminaryjnym pokoju i rozejmie podpisanej w Rydze dnia 12 października 1920 r].
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of the province to the west, and the prewar voivodeship area became part of the Soviet Union for the next sixty years. As of 2009 most of the former
Polesie Voivodeship (including Brześć and Pińsk) belongs to the sovereign
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Polesie was the largest voivodeship of interwar Poland, comprising 10% of the country's overall territory with an area of 42,280 square kilometres (16,320 sq mi). However, the
Russian rule during the
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Brześć, the voivodeship's capital and biggest city, did not have an impressively large population: about 50,700 according to the 1931 national census and around 55,000 in mid-1939. Other urban centers included
534:) rose as the snow melted. In 1937 forests covered 33.3% of the Voivodeship (compared with the average for the whole country of 22.2%). The biggest lake in the voivodeship's area, Lake Wygonowskie, lay on the
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1672:"Decree of February 4, 1921, on the normalization of legal and political status of territories incorporated into the Republic based on preliminary peace agreement signed on October 12, 1920, in Riga"
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powiat with villages of
Cimoszewicze ve Milewicze, it was part of Pinsk Oblast between 1939 and 1941 and 1944 and 1954 and Brest Region between 1954 and 1960 as a raion (Its centre was moved to
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Przemysłu, Handlu, Rolnictwa, Rzemiosł, Szkolnictwa, Miernictwa i inn. Województw: Lubelskiego, Kieleckiego, Wołyńskiego, Poleskiego, Białostockiego i Nowogródzkiego (1935),
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swamp - a flat, vast, sparsely inhabited area, with several rivers and streams. Access to some villages and hamlets required boats, especially in early spring, when the waters of the
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also existed. The illiteracy rate was 48.4% due to the lingering imperial legacy, the highest in Poland and well above the national average of 23.1% (in 1931).
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in Riga. Polesie
Voivodeship was the largest province of interwar Poland. It ceased to function in September 1939, following the Nazi-German and
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The Soviet authorities who occupied the
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Herrschaftstechniken im Sumpf und ihre Reichweiten. Landschaftsinterventionen und Social Engineering in Polesien von 1914 bis 1941.
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463:), and for the greater part were peasants of Belarusian and Ukrainian origin. Ethnic Poles made up around 15% of the population,
538:. In the spring of 1939, construction of the 127-kilometer Stone Canal (Kanal Kamienny) began. The canal was planned to connect
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Die ländliche Wirtschaft im polnischen und sowjetischen Teil des weissrussischen Polesien (1921–1939) – Ein Vergleich
1781:"Decision of the Council of Ministers about the cancellation of Powiat kosowski county and creation of Powiat iwacewicki"
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county (powiat) was created from several gminas within the Łuniniec, Pińsk and Sarny counties. On December 16, 1930,
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The Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland on September 17, 1939, two and a half weeks after the Nazi German
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Linguistic (mother tongue) and religious structure of the Polesie Voivodeship according to the 1931 census
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1761:[Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 6 grudnia 1922 r. o utworzeniu powiatu stolińskiego].
1603:, Hausarbeit zur Magisterprüfung an der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln. Köln 1990.
1953:
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Administrative division of the voivodeship. In 1930, Sarny county (lower right) became part of the
1518:(Kamień Koszyrski and Sarny). Nearly all of the Belarusian part of Polesie Voivodeship is part of
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Art. 1 & 3; in accordance with provisions of the 1920 Agreement signed by Poland with the
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1954:"Plik:Woj.poleskie-Polska spis powszechny 1931.pdf – Knowledge, wolna encyklopedia"
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Initially, the area of the voivodeship comprised 42 149 km. However, in 1930
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The provincial capital of the Polesie Voivodeship, and also the largest city was
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local administrators, the economy of interwar Poland consisted of two parts:
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on September 22, where they met with the invading German army, and held
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Czerwony Blitzkrieg. Wrzesien 1939: Sowieckie Wojska Pancerne w Polsce
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The voivodeship was created on February 19, 1921 with its capital was
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Economic Change and the National Question in Twentieth-century Europe
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Economic Change and the National Question in Twentieth-century Europe
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Polesie lay in eastern part of the then Polish state, bordering the
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6.6%, and Jews (mainly in towns) around 10%. Smaller communities of
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The Red Blitzkrieg. September 1939: Soviet armored troops in Poland
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signed by the USSR with Germany in August 1939. As the bulk of the
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Gospodarcze i kulturalne potrzeby województwa Poleskiego
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Polish-Belarusian relations under the Soviet occupation
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and about religion) are presented in the table below:
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Kazimierz Młodzianowski 4 October 1924 – 5 May 1926
1583:Svetlana Boltovskaja u. a.; Eva Gerhards (Hrsg.):
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390:(1918–1939), named after the historical region of
2029:Stosunki polsko-białoruskie pod okupacją sowiecką
1585:Tschernobyl: Expeditionen in ein verlorenes Land.
949:; the Polesie area was named by them Poland "C".
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1538:due to dissolving Lenin one on 20 January 1960.
957:The results of the 1931 census (questions about
1462:had concentrated in the west of the country to
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467:(mainly in the south-east) numbered about 5%,
2468:States and territories disestablished in 1939
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1939:Kresy II RP w obliczu drugiej wojny światowej
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70:Location of Polesie Voivodeship within the
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1887:, Herbert Matis, Jaroslav Pátek (2000).
1709:, Herbert Matis, Jaroslav Pátek (2000).
1507:forcibly resettled the Polish population
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1804:Województwo Poleskie
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934:Partitions of Poland
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903:On January 1, 1923,
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1528:Mikashevichy
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1483:Soviet Union
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193:Walery Roman
169:
149:• 1931
139:• 1921
57:Coat of arms
24:
2442: /
2210:Stanisławów
2112:(1919–1939)
2055:(in Polish)
2040:(in Polish)
2037:Bialorus.pl
1460:Polish Army
1446:(original).
953:1931 census
605:County Seat
568:Dawidgródek
469:Belarusians
289:Preceded by
117:• 1939
107:• 1921
33:Voivodeship
2457:Categories
2430:26°05′46″E
2427:52°07′06″N
2410:Sandomierz
2277:Wilno Land
2262:Nowogródek
2200:Pomeranian
2190:Nowogródek
2049:References
1967:2024-06-12
1578:Literature
984:Ukrainian
921:Iwacewicze
686:Iwacewicze
602:Population
598:Area (km2)
465:Ukrainians
162:Government
126:Population
2388:Volhynian
2353:Volhynian
2321:Volhynian
2272:Volhynian
2220:Volhynian
2160:Białystok
1913:cite book
1735:cite book
1648:speakers.
1481:into the
1211:Luninyets
1051:Drahichyn
548:Volhynian
153:1,132,200
43:1921–1939
2348:Podolian
2267:Polesian
2254:Districs
2246:Silesian
2215:Tarnopol
1847:citation
1813:citation
1623:See also
1543:Voivodes
1524:Łuniniec
1489:and the
1291:Pruzhany
987:Russian
900:county.
886:Łuniniec
763:Łuniniec
593:(County)
553:County.
530:and the
473:Russians
460:Tutejszy
443:counties
2195:Polesie
2108:of the
1684:Russian
1516:Ukraine
1512:Belarus
1376:1131939
1335:124765
1295:108583
1255:184305
1215:108663
1135:113972
1015:215927
1002:Jewish
978:Polish
972:County
938:Żabinka
894:Prużana
837:124,800
815:Prużana
811:108,600
785:183,600
759:109,300
733:114,000
628:216,200
576:Prużana
520:Pripyat
516:Polesie
439:powiats
408:Russian
398:of the
392:Polesia
368:Belarus
364:Ukraine
246:•
188:(first)
171:Voivode
143:880,898
79:Capital
2373:Brześć
2306:Brześć
2225:Warsaw
2205:Poznań
2175:Lublin
2170:Kraków
2165:Kielce
1993:
1932:Prof.
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1468:Brześć
1359:84.4%
1341:72.1%
1338:14.8%
1331:Stolin
1319:75.5%
1316:15.0%
1301:74.1%
1298:16.3%
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1258:15.8%
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1221:76.5%
1218:15.2%
1199:82.4%
1181:81.3%
1178:10.1%
1175:83696
1171:Kosava
1159:82.0%
1144:19.2%
1141:59.7%
1131:Kobryn
1119:87.5%
1101:79.4%
1095:94988
1079:85.7%
1061:83.0%
1055:97040
1042:14.9%
1039:62.9%
1036:19.9%
1030:14.9%
1021:52.0%
1018:23.3%
917:Kossów
905:Stolin
882:Kossów
870:Brześć
841:Stolin
737:Kobryń
707:95,000
682:83,700
655:97,000
591:Powiat
572:Kobryń
544:Klesow
526:, the
416:Soviet
380:Polish
201:(last)
176:
129:
101:
91:Brześć
37:Poland
2383:Wilno
2378:Mińsk
2316:Wilno
2311:Mińsk
2230:Wilno
1957:(PDF)
1635:Notes
1421:10.1%
1416:77.5%
1411:11.0%
1401:10.0%
1386:69.1%
1381:14.5%
1365:1.4%
1362:8.7%
1356:5.5%
1353:0.5%
1350:8.7%
1347:1.8%
1344:2.1%
1325:0.8%
1322:8.7%
1313:0.1%
1310:8.7%
1307:0.5%
1304:0.3%
1285:1.3%
1276:8.9%
1273:0.1%
1267:2.4%
1264:0.6%
1251:Pinsk
1245:1.0%
1242:7.4%
1233:0.4%
1230:7.2%
1227:0.5%
1224:0.2%
1205:0.7%
1202:7.6%
1196:9.3%
1193:0.1%
1190:7.5%
1187:0.8%
1184:0.2%
1165:0.9%
1162:9.2%
1156:7.9%
1153:0.1%
1150:9.2%
1147:3.0%
1138:8.8%
1125:1.9%
1122:4.3%
1116:6.3%
1113:0.4%
1110:4.2%
1107:0.3%
1104:8.7%
1098:7.0%
1085:1.2%
1082:7.2%
1076:5.9%
1073:0.1%
1070:7.2%
1067:1.1%
1064:1.5%
1058:7.1%
1045:2.3%
1033:0.1%
1027:1.4%
1024:8.3%
1011:Brest
975:Pop.
909:Sarny
898:Sarny
890:Pińsk
866:Pińsk
789:Pińsk
609:Gmina
564:Pińsk
551:Sarny
542:with
540:Pinsk
532:Horyn
485:Sarny
84:Pińsk
2185:Łódź
2180:Lwów
1991:ISBN
1919:link
1899:ISBN
1853:link
1819:link
1741:link
1721:ISBN
1686:and
1612:ISBN
1589:ISBN
1426:1.4%
1406:0.2%
1396:1.4%
1391:4.8%
528:Styr
524:Pina
502:and
410:and
98:Area
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