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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 ]
Stefan Batory University Wilno Voivodship in Poland Map of the Wilno Voivodship. Poles together with Jews, made up a majority in the city of Vilnius itself. In the years 1920–1939, according to Polish statistics, Poles made up 65% of the population, Jews 28%, 4% Russians, 1% Belarusians 1% Lithuanians. [60]
Pursuant to art. 2 of the Agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union on the Polish-Soviet state border and documents signed by the Mixed Commission of Poland and the USSR of April 30, 1947, the state border between Poland and the USSR in the Białystok Voivodeship ran as follows: straight lines with a small section of the ...
English: Map of the Wilno Voivodeship within the Second Polish Republic, year 1938. Based off of a map of Polish gminas published by GUS and work of fellow Wikipedia map maker Poznaniak. Based off of a map of Polish gminas published by GUS and work of fellow Wikipedia map maker Poznaniak.
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 ...
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 County [a] was a county with capital in Vilanus located in the Republic of Central Lithuania, and later de jure in Wilno Land, Second Polish Republic. Between 1920 and 1922 it was a county in Republic of Central Lithuania , established in place of former Vilensky Uyezd , Vilna Governorate .