LC control no. | sh 85144292 |
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Geographic heading | Volhynia (Ukraine) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Ukraine--Volhynia |
Variant(s) | Volynʹ (Ukraine) Volynia (Ukraine) Wołyń (Ukraine) |
Found in | Encyclopedia of Ukraine, c1984-c1993: v. 4, p. 630 (Volhynia; a historical region of northwestern Ukraine, located north of Podilia, south of Polisia, east of the Buh River, and west of the upper parts of the Teteriv and the Uzh rivers) Web. geog. (Volhynia or Volynia; Russ. Volynʹ; Pol. Wołyń: historical region: orginally a Russian principality; in 14th cent. in Lithuania; in 1569 to Poland; in 1790's became part of Russia) GEOnet, Mar. 2, 1998 (Volynʹ (Russian); Volhynia (conventional), rgn., 51⁰00ʹN 26⁰00ʹE, variant: Wołyń) Lippincott (Volhynia) GEOnet (region; 51°00ʹ00ʺN 026°00ʹ00ʺE) |