| | Encyclopedia: Volyn region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Volyn Region or Volynia (Волинська область, Volyns’ka oblast’ in Ukrainian) is the most northwestern administrative district of present-day Ukraine bordering Belarus to the north and Poland to the west. |
 | | Volyn was once part of Kyivan Rus before becoming an independent local principality and an integral part of the early Ukrainian state of Halych-Volynia. |
 | | This was the key factor in dissatisfaction of the Ukrainian population, despite the fact, that Polish rule saved them from Soviet attrocities, including Soviet collectivization. |
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