[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish parishes

[Günther Böhm]

Nelson Itterman wrote:

> > Hello Gary:
> > I do not want to confuse the issue, but was Volhynia not divided into a
> > Polish Volhynia and a Russian Volhynia? Or am I mixed up too? Seems to me
> > that the Tzar and Fredrick from Prussia divided Poland between themselves. 
> > Nelson

Nelson,
after the first partition of Poland in 1772 - the only one in the 
lifetime of Frederick II. - Volhynia still belonged to Poland, i.e. the 
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth which in fact was a protectorate of the 
Russian Empire and object of its armed extortions. The second partition 
of 1793 divided Volhynia a bit east of Równe into a Polish and a Russian 
section. The Prussian king at that time was Frederick William II., a 
nephew of Frederick II.

Günther