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Wilno Voivodship
Wilno Voivodship (Polish Województwo wileńskie) was one of the Voivodships in the 1922-1939 period.
History
The Wilno Voivodship was formed as the last of the Polish voivodships in the interbellum. It was created in 1923 as a combination of the lands of the former Central Lithuania and the Department of Wilno created in 1920. Populated mostly by Poles and Belarusians, with notable minorities of Jews, Russians and Lithuanians. The biggest voivodship in terms of area and fifth most populous. In 1939 annexed by the Soviet Union and then divided between the Soviet Union and Lithuania.
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Vilnius Voivodship (Polish: Województwo Wileńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795.
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