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	Volyn Oblast - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Volyn was once part of Kievan Rus before becoming an independent local principality and an integral part of the Halych-Volynia, one of Kievan Rus successor states.
		In 1941 the Volyn was invaded by the Nazi Germany's Barbarossa Offensive.
		The Volyn Oblast is administratively subdivided into 16 raions (districts), as well as 4 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Kovel, Novovolynsk, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, and the administrative center of the oblast, Lutsk.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Volyn_Oblast (805 words)

	Volyn Oblast
		Volyn Oblast or Volhynia (Р’РѕР»РёРЅСЃСЊРєР° РѕР±Р»Р°СЃС‚СЊ, VolynsвЂ™ka oblastвЂ™ or Р’РѕР»РёРЅСЊ/ Р’РѕР»С‹РЅСЊ, VolynвЂ™ in Ukrainian and Russian respectevely) is the most north-western oblast (province) of Ukraine, bordering Belarus to the north and Poland to the west.
		The capital of the oblast is Luts'k (Lutsk, ЕЃuck).
		Volyn, along with the neighbouring provinces became and integral part of the Ukrainian SSR The Poles who remained in the eastern region were transferred to the "Recovered Territories" of western Poland (the former easternmost provinces of Germany) whose German population had been expelled.
	www.transporteon.com /Destinations-V/Volyn_Oblast.php (543 words)

	Volyn oblast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Volyn oblast nebo Volynskaya Oblast je nejvíce northwestern správní obvod dnešní Ukrajina hraničit s Belarus k severu a Polsku na západ.
		Kapitál oblast je Lutsk, Kovel je nejvíce westernly město a terminus ukrajinské železniční linky, která běží z Kovel přes k Kiev.
		Volyn byl jednou díl Polska a jakmile díl Ruské Říše když to bylo voláno Volynskaya Guberniya.
	wikipedia.infostar.cz /v/vo/volyn_region.html (112 words)

	Volyn oblast, Volyn Oblast \| Forum of Local Economic Development
		The oblast borders to Poland in the west, Belarus to the north, Rivne and Lviv oblasts of Ukraine to the east and south.
		The area of the oblast is 20,200 square kilometres (3,3% of total Ukraine’s territory) and stretches for 187 kilometres from north to south and for 163 kilometres from east to west.
		Volyn is an ancient Rus historic region in the basin of the picturesque southern tributaries of the Prypiat River and the upper reaches of the Western (Zakhidny) Bug River.
	www.led.org.ua /eng/agencies/regions/?regid=34 (1674 words)

	Volyn Oblast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Volyn Oblast (Волинська область, Volyns’ka oblast’ or Волинь/ Волынь, Volyn’ in Ukrainian and Russian respectevely).
		The administrative center of the oblast is Lutsk.
		In 1941, the Volyn was invaded by the Nazi Germany's operation Barbarossa.
	www.toolhost.com /Volyn_Oblast.html (689 words)

	Luhansk Oblast Information
		The oblast' borders the Belgorod and Voronezh Oblast's of Russia on the north, the Rostov Oblast of Russia on the east, the Rostov Oblast on the south, and the Mykolayiv and Donetsk Oblast's on the west.
		The governer of the oblast' is the Luhansk Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.
		On April 25, 2006 the Oblast's council voted to recognize Russian as a co-official language in the territory of Luhansk Oblast.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Luhansk_Oblast (355 words)

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		The oblast is situated in the northwest Ukraine, in a geographical area called Polissia.
		It borders to Poland in the west (extension of the frontier is 190 km), Belarus in the north (205 km), Rivne oblast in the east and Lviv oblast in the south (125 km).
		Volyn is an ancient historic region in the basins of the Prypiat and the Western (Zakhidny) Bug Rivers.
	www.invest.voladm.gov.ua /eng/volyn/region.html (417 words)

	Kiev Oblast Information
		Despite being located in the center of the Kiev Oblast, and hosting the governing bodies of the oblast, Kiev itself is not a part of the the oblast's territory, but is one of 2 Ukraine's national-level municipalities (along with Sevastopol).
		The north-western end of the oblast is a part of the Zone of alienation due to the radioactive contamination caused by the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear reactor accident.
		Chernihiv Oblast, the oblast to the east of Kiev Oblast
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Kiev_Oblast (921 words)

	REGIONAL CORNER: VOLYN OBLAST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Volyn enterprises already trade extensively with neighboring countries, and seek foreign investment to expand their operations.
		The oblast covers 20,000 square kilometers, and is somewhat smaller than the state of Maryland.
		Volyn farms produce sugar beets, flax, and assorted fruit and vegetables.
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps3997/9605voly.htm (506 words)

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		The Volyn oblast is situated in northwest of Ukraine.
		The Volyn oblast has all necessary prerequisites for creation of new enterprises fully belonging to a foreign investor, joint ventures, franchising enterprises, affiliates of trans-national companies, etc. This is favoured by sound competition, absence of monopolies, availability of skilled labour force, and many-sided support rendered to foreign investors by local authorities.
		Two ecological projects were realised in the oblast within the EU’s Tacis – “Creation of a monitoring system of the rivers Western Bug, Latoritsa and Uzh” and “The Promotion of Sustainable Development and Regional Environmental Protection Policies in the Context of Cross-Border Co-operation between the Ukraine and Poland, CBC – ENACT”.
	www.invest.voladm.gov.ua /eng/volyn/inter.html (1721 words)

	Volyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Volleyball in Volyn region First volleyball webpage in Volyn.
		Volyn Soccer FC Fan Club of Lutsk soccer team "Volyn".
		Regional administration of Volyn oblast Volynian Regional Administration.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Volyn.html (109 words)

	Volyn_Oblast LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		In 1939 when following the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact Poland was invaded and divided by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Volyn joined the Soviet Ukraine, and on December 4, 1939 the oblast was organized.
		Whole Polish settlements in Volyn were massacred, and some 30,000 to 60,000 Poles were killed (Polish sources gave even higher figures) (see Massacres of Poles in Volhynia).
		Most Poles who remained in the eastern region were transferred to the Recovered Territories of western Poland (the former easternmost provinces of Germany) whose German population had been expelled.
	www.school-explorer.com /info/Volyn_Oblast (605 words)

	Volyn Ukraine oblast travel tips, geography, economy. - UkraineTrek.com
		Volyn oblast is situated in the northwestern part of Ukrainian Polissia.
		Volyn oblast population makes 2.1% of the population of the Ukraine, 52% falls on the urban population and 48% on the rural one.
		Volyn oblast is in the crossing of European trade roads.
	www.ukrainetrek.com /Volhynia_Oblast.shtml (277 words)

	JSC VOLYN TEXTILE MILL
		The oblast is situated in the northwest Ukraine.
		It borders to Poland in the west (extension of the frontier is 190 km), Belarus in the north (205 km), Rivne oblast in the east and Lviv oblast in the south.
		The area of the Volyn oblast is 20.2 thousand square kilometres, or 3.3 % of the total territory of Ukraine.
	www.textile-ua.com /about.php?lang=eng&inc=page_05 (880 words)

	Урядовий портал :: Volyn region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Volyn province was established with a center in Lutsk.
		Administratively the oblast’ is divided into 16 regions, 4 regions in the towns, 7 districts in the towns, 22 urban villages.
		On the west Volyn oblast’ borders upon the Republic of Poland (frontier length is 135 km), on the north – upon the Republic of Byelorussia (195 km), on the south and the east – upon the L’viv and Rivne regions of Ukraine.
	www.kmu.gov.ua /control/publish/article?art_id=117571 (1309 words)

	Volyn Region British Embassy, Kiev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The total area of the Volyn oblast is 20,200 square kilometres (3.3per cent of the whole territory of Ukraine).
		The Volyn oblast incorporates 4 cities of regional status (Lutsk, Kovel, Novovolynsk, and Volodymyr-Volynskiy), 8 towns and 22 settlements of urban type, 16 rural districts and 1,053 villages.
		The oblast is located in the zone of risky agriculture and its economy is mainly dependent on imported raw materials.
	www.britishembassy.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1091890864088 (758 words)

	Volyn Oblast, Ukraine, The
		The capital of the oblast is Luts'k (Łuck).
		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.
		In the 1400s, the area came under the control of neighboring Lithuania, in 1569 passing over to Poland and then in 1795, until World War I, the Russian Empire where it was called the Volynskaya Guberniya.
	creekin.net /c7191-n191-volyn-oblast-ukraine-the.html (565 words)

	Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Cleveland, OH
		Village of Liuta, Velykyi Bereznyi district, Zakarpattia oblast’.
		Village of Poliany Mystsovi, Krosno district, L’viv oblast’.
		Village of Korchmyn, Rava Ruska district, L’viv oblast’ (present-day Poland).
	www.umacleveland.org /costumes.htm (792 words)

	FARM Volyn Oblast
		Volyn borders Lviv and Rivne oblasts and is also bordered by the countries of Poland and Belarus.
		Volyn is administratively and territorially broken into 16 rayons.
		The population of Volyn as of January 1, 2004 was 1,048,800, 2.2% of Ukraine’s population.
	www.sasktrade.sk.ca /farm/interactive_map/volyn_oblast.shtml (173 words)

	Volyn initiative shows potential for health care advances (03/08/98)
		LUTSK - The oblast of Volyn, in the northwestern corner of Ukraine has long been known as a center of progressive thought and resistance to oppression.
		With the restoration of Ukrainian independence in the 1990s, Volyn oblast and its capital city of Lutsk, were often overlooked in the distribution of Western aid.
		Volyn has suffered much of the same severe economic decline as other regions of Ukraine.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1998/109821.shtml (971 words)

	Place:Ukraine - Genealogy
		From at least the ninth century the territory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of medieval East Slavic civilization that formed the state that became known as Kievan Rus.
		Its capital was Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine, the capital of modern Ukraine, wrestled from Khazars by Askold and Dir in the late 800s.
		In the encirclement battle of Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine, the city was acclaimed by the Soviets as a "Hero City", for the fierce resistance of the Red Army and of the local population.
	www.werelate.org /wiki/Place:Ukraine (2154 words)

	Volyn hospital reports decrease in infant mortality (11/28/99) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In a report issued in September, the Volyn Regional (Oblast) Children's Medical Center compared the mortality rate for children undergoing treatment for birth defects, premature births and other complications between 1995 and 1999.
		According to Dr. Mykola Hnativ, one of the leading specialists in neonatal resuscitation at the Volyn center, the number of children undergoing treatment in the center's intensive care unit has increased slightly from 188 patients in 1995 to 198 in 1998, and is expected to rise to over 200 at the current pace for 1999.
		Prior to these installments, doctors in Lutsk were often forced into the heartbreaking predicament of choosing which one of four or five critically ill newborns could receive treatment using the only incubator or respirator available, and which had the best chance of surviving with makeshift resuscitation techniques.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/489915.shtml (556 words)

	Raiffeisen Bank Aval [ Volyn oblast directorate < Press-centre ]
		Volyn Oblast Directorate of Aval Bank has acted as a main sponsor of the 3rd All-Ukraine tournament at tennis
		Volyn oblast directorate of "Aval" bank was the general sponsor of KVN (club of cheerful and smart) in Lutsk
		Volin oblast directorate of "Aval" bank acted as a sponsor of the International volleyball tournament among girls.
	www.aval.ua /eng/press/news/volynskaya (289 words)

	Volyn Oblast (Lutsk) Facts & Figures
		The Volyn region incorporates 4 cities of regional subordination, 7 towns of district subordination, 22 town settlements, 1050 rural settlements (villages), 16 districts and 378 rural councils.
		The Volyn region is the land of wonderful unique nature.
		At the same time the enterprises of Volyn produce 45% of the total volume of soft roof materials, 10% of car boards, 18% of bearings, 3.7% of butter, 3.8% of granulated sugar, 4.4% of meat, etc.
	www.ukrainebiz.com /Articles/VolynFacts.htm (1529 words)

	Analysis: Battling For Ukraine's Middleground - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and the republic of Crimea, he tallied up more than 69 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results.
		According to the KVU, in Volyn Oblast, the deputy head of the oblast administration Stepan Rodych brought the group of absentee voters with him (about 30 persons) for voting at one polling station.
		However, if the KVU is correct in its conclusion that each oblast administration was ordered to produce a certain number of votes for Yanukovych, local administration officials might find themselves in hot water not for interference but for not interfering enough.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/11/5fac4b4f-fc69-48f8-8fa8-62bb388f29fd.html?napage=1 (763 words)

	Rivno - Thagodz Wiki
		It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivnensky Raion (district) within the oblast.
		Following the partition of Poland, in 1793 Rivne became a part of Russian Empire, and in 1797 it was declared as a regional town of the Volyn Guberniya.
		In 1939, as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the partition of Poland, the Western Ukraine was annexed by the Soviet Union and reunited with the Ukrainian SSR, and from December of the same year Rivne became the centre of the newly established Rivne Oblast.
	www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/?title=Rivno (858 words)

	.: Book Details :. Litopys UPA Online (English)
		In Volyn' the author was assigned to the company commanded by "Buria," which was operating in the Zdolbuniv district.
		The territory of that military region corresponded roughly to the present-day Volyn' oblast.
		The author of this memoir was head of the Matiyiv district administration in the Kovel' region of Volyn' during the period of German occupation, 1941-44.
	www.litopysupa.com /main.php?pg=2&bookid=5 (9386 words)

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