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Wilno Voivodeship was located in the so-called Poland "B", which meant that it was still underdeveloped, apart from the city of Wilno. A large part of the population was poor, with a high level of illiteracy (in 1931, 29.1% was illiterate, with the national average of 23.1%).
Wilno Land [a] was a district of Poland, with capital in Vilnius, that existed from 13 April 1922 until 20 January 1926. The territory was formed in 1922 from territories of the Republic of Central Lithuania incorporated into Poland, [ 1 ] and a 3 counties from Nowogródek Voivodeship . [ 2 ]
In the years 1919–1921 additional voivodeships were created, as borders of Poland were still fluid, with events such as the Silesian Uprisings in the West and the Polish-Soviet War in the East. Eventually by 1921 Poland would have 15 voivodeships, the Warsaw capital city-voivodeship and the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (the system known as ...
The administration was subdivided into 4 districts that were: Brześć District, Mińsk District, Wilno District and Volhynian District. [7] [8] [9]On 17 February 1920, the Volhynian District together with neighboring lands, that would later form Podolian District, were transferred to the newly formed Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front.
Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Poland currently has a population of over 38 million people, [3] which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world [18] and one of the most populous members of the European Union.
In the summer of 1939, weeks ahead of the Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland the map of both Europe and Poland looked very different from today. The railway network of interwar Poland had little in common with the postwar reality of dramatically changing borders and political domination of the Soviet-style communism, as well as the pre-independence German, Austrian and Russian networks ...
Wilno–Troki County [a] was a county with capital in Vilnius located in Wilno Land, and later, Wilno Voivodeship, in Poland. [1] It originated from informal unification of administration, between the counties of Wilno and Troki , that existed from 1921 to 1922 within the Republic of Central Lithuania , and from 1922 to 1923 or 1924 in Poland.
Wilno Voivodeship may refer to: Vilnius Voivodeship , one of the historic voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, established in 1413 Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) , voivodeship of Poland from 1926 to 1939