Volyn Oblast is an oblast

Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Ukraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts , one autonomous republic, and two "cities with special status".- Overview :...

 (province) in north-western Ukraine

Ukraine

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. Its administrative center

Capital City

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 is Lutsk

Lutsk

Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...

. Kovel

Kovel

Kovel is a city located in the Volyn Oblast , in northwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kovelskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. The current estimated population is around 65,777.Kovel gives its name to one of the...

 is the westernmost town and the last station in Ukraine of the rail line running from Kiev

Kiev

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 to Warsaw

Warsaw

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.

See also: Volhynia

Volhynia

Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...

 for earlier history

Volyn was once part of Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus'

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 before becoming an independent local principality and an integral part of the Halych-Volynia, one of Kievan Rus' successor states.