Polesie Voivodeship

Polesie Voivodeship
Województwo poleskie
Voivodeship of Poland
1921–1939
Coat of arms of Polesie Voivodeship
Coat of arms

Location of Polesie Voivodeship within the Second Polish Republic.
CapitalPińsk (until August 1921)
Brześć
Area 
• 1921
42,280 km2 (16,320 sq mi)
• 1939
36,668 km2 (14,158 sq mi)
Population 
• 1921
880,898
• 1931
1,132,200
Government
Voivode 
• 1921–1922 (first)
Walery Roman
• 1932–1939 (last)
Wacław Kostek-Biernacki
Historical eraInterwar period
• Established
12 February 1921
September 1939
Political subdivisions27 / 9
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Polesian District
Polesia Region
Ukrainian SSR
Today part ofUkraine, Belarus

Polesie Voivodeship (Polish: województwo poleskie) was an administrative unit of interwar Poland (1918–1939), named after the historical region of Polesia. It was created by the Council of Ministers of the Second Polish Republic on February 19, 1921,[1] as a result of peace agreement signed with the Russian and Ukrainian SSRs in Riga. Polesie Voivodeship was the largest province of interwar Poland. It ceased to function in September 1939, following the Nazi-German and Soviet invasion of Poland in accordance with a secret protocol of the Nazi–Soviet Pact of non-aggression.

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