Polesie Voivodeship - II RP

Polesie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo poleskie, Belarusian: Палескае вайводзтва) was an administrative unit of interwar Poland (1918–1939). It ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland (see: Polish September Campaign). Its capital, biggest and most important city was Brześć nad Bugiem (now: Brest in Belarus). It consisted of 9 powiats (counties), 12 towns and only 97 villages. In 1921 its population nu... more

Polesie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo poleskie, Belarusian: Палескае вайводзтва) was an administrative unit of interwar Poland (1918–1939). It ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland (see: Polish September Campaign). Its capital, biggest and most important city was Brześć nad Bugiem (now: Brest in Belarus). It consisted of 9 powiats (counties), 12 towns and only 97 villages. In 1921 its population numbered 879 417 people, and its population density (20.8 persons per km².) was the lowest in interwar Poland. In 1931 the population rose to 1 132 200, and the density to 31 persons per km². According to the 1931 census, the majority of population (62.6%) insisted on calling themselves the “locals” (tutejsi). Poles, scattered throughout the area, made up around 15% (which made the Polesie Voievodeship the least “Polish” of all Voivodeships), Ukrainians (mainly in the south-east) - about 5%, Belarusians - 6.6% and Jews (mainly in towns) - around... less