[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Volhynia Flag

Günther Böhm GHBoehm at ish.de
Thu Oct 19 23:58:48 PDT 2006


Günther Böhm schrieb:

>no, nothing like that. In the Russian Empire, Volhynia had no state of 
>autonomy like the Kingdom of Poland, the Grandduchy of Finnland or even 
>the Baltic provinces with their traditionally German administration, but 
>was just a gubernia (administrative unit) with the governor not being 
>elected but appointed by the Tzar. Of course towns within the Volyn 
>gubernia had - like others - their flag and coat-of-arms.
>
Sorry Lloyd, I didn't mention the contemporary Volynskij Oblast which 
indeed has a pretty flag but no such tradition.

Guenther




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