Polesie Voivodeship
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Polesie Voivodeship was an interwar administrative region of the Second Polish Republic, located in the eastern borderlands and known for its ethnically diverse population and extensive marshlands.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative division
→
voivodeship → |
| administrativeCenter |
Brześć nad Bugiem
→
|
| administrativeLevel |
first-level administrative division
→
|
| borderedBy |
Białystok Voivodeship
NERFINISHED
→
Lublin Voivodeship NERFINISHED → Nowogródek Voivodeship NERFINISHED → Soviet Union → Volhynian Voivodeship NERFINISHED → Wilno Voivodeship NERFINISHED → |
| capital |
Brest
→
Brześć nad Bugiem → |
| contains |
Polesie marshes
→
Pripet Marshes → |
| country |
Second Polish Republic
→
|
| dissolvedFollowing |
German invasion of Poland
→
Soviet invasion of Poland → |
| endTime |
1939
→
|
| establishedBy |
government of the Second Polish Republic
→
|
| ethnicComposition |
Belarusians
→
Jews → Poles → Russians → Ukrainians → |
| governmentType |
voivodeship administration
→
|
| historicalRegion |
Polesie
→
|
| historicalStatus |
defunct voivodeship of Poland
→
|
| knownFor |
ethnically diverse population
→
extensive marshlands → |
| languageUsed |
Belarusian
→
Polish → Ukrainian → Yiddish → |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Europe
→
eastern borderlands of the Second Polish Republic → |
| namedAfter |
Polesie
→
|
| partOf |
Second Polish Republic
→
|
| precededBy |
Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands
→
|
| religiousCommunities |
Eastern Orthodox Christians
→
Jews → Roman Catholics → |
| startTime |
1921
→
|
| subdivisionOf |
Poland
→
|
| timePeriod |
interwar period
→
|
| todayPartlyIn |
Belarus
→
Poland → Russia → Ukraine → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Polish deportees in the USSR
→
Polish deportees in the USSR ("Nowogródek Voivodeship") → |
locationOfOrigin |