[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Poland and Volhynia

[Greg Mason]

Beth ( and the list):  I have used a couple of references over the  
years that I have found to be comprehensive and relatively easy to  
understand:

"The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918"  by Piotr S. Wandycz,  
published by University of Washington Press as volume VII of their "A  
History of East Central Europe" series.  For maps and graphics, the  
companion Volume I of the same series, "Historical Atlas of East  
Central Europe" by Paul Robert Magocsi.  However, if a village you are  
researching is close to one of the many changing boundaries , this map  
book does not contain large enough scale maps to precisely pinpoint  
such locations with respect to changes.  (But there are other maps  
available for such research and I'm sure Jerry Frank can point you in  
the right direction on that.)

Hope this is helpful.  Greg Mason


On Oct 12, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Beth Burke wrote:

> Are there individual maps available that show the individual years,  
> the
> changes in the boundaries and who was responsible (i.e. Poland,  
> Russia,
> etc)?
>
> Also, is there a good Polish history book that one could read (and
> understand) to help a novice like me?
>
> Beth Burke
> Verona, WI
> Researching Lieske, Liske, Pinkowski, Friedrich, Glor, Zellmer, etc.
>
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> Frank Stewner
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> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Poland and Volhynia
>
> History is difficult in that area.
> - before 1772 Greater Poland went up to nearly Kiev and covered total
> Volhynia.
> - 1. partition in 1772 left Volhynia unchanged
> - 2. partition in 1793 devided Volhynia into a western (Poland) and  
> eastern
> part (Russia) east of Rowno as Guenther said.
> - 3. partition in 1795 all Poland is devided between the Austrian-,  
> German-
> and Russian Empire.
> - 1806 Napoleon changed that
> - 1815 the Vienna Congress remodeled Eastern Europe and Volynia  
> belonged
> still to Russia up to the end of WW I.
> - 1919 Poland reappeared on the map and Volhynia was devided between  
> Poland
> (Oblast Volynski and Rivne). The Oblast Zhytomir stayed part of  
> Russia.
>
> Thus when we consider the timespan of 1815 to 1919 Volhynia belonged
> entirely to Russia.
>
> Frank Stewner
>
>
>
>
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