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Volhynia

historical region in south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine
AdministrativeArea ukrainian_historical_regions Q7530
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Summary

Volhynia is an Ukrainian historical regions[1]. Volhynia draws 9,203 Wikipedia views per month (ukrainian historical regions category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Ukraine[3]
  • Commons category: Volhynia[4]
  • Said to be the same as: Lodomeria[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Volhynia[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Category for people born here: Q32474847[13]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People of Volhynia[14]
  • Different from: Volhynie[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[16]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Volhynia[17]

Why It Matters

Volhynia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Volhynia is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Al Hashimiyya Russian Empire Ukraine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Putnik · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 54
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'dsb', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → voluine
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: voluine"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Volhynia
    Category of associated people → Category:People of Volhynia
    Instance of → —
    Said to be the same as → Lodomeria
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0216834-Volyn-Ukrajina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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