Polesie Voivodeship - II RP

Polesie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo poleskie, Ukrainian: Поліське воєводство, Belarusian: Палескае ваяводзтва) 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). The provincial capital, and also the largest city was Brześć nad Bugiem (Brest-on-the-Bug; now: Brest, in Belarus). The province was made up of 9 powiats ... More

Polesie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo poleskie, Ukrainian: Поліське воєводство, Belarusian: Палескае ваяводзтва) 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). The provincial capital, and also the largest city was Brześć nad Bugiem (Brest-on-the-Bug; now: Brest, in Belarus). The province was made up of 9 powiats (counties), and had only 12 substantial towns or cities and just 97 villages. In 1921, the population numbered 879,417, and population density (20.8 persons per km²) was the lowest in interwar Poland. By 1931, thanks to an extensive government-sponsored settlement programme, the population had risen to 1,132,200, and the population density to 31 per km². Polesie had the lowest concentration of ethnic Poles of all the voivodeships. According to the 1931 census, Poles, scattered throughout the province, made up around 15% of the population,...

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