Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)

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Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic) was an administrative region of interwar Poland, centered on the city of Białystok and encompassing parts of the country’s northeastern borderlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of Poland
former administrative unit
voivodeship
administrativeCenter Białystok
borderRegion Polish northeastern borderlands
linked to: Kresy
capital Białystok
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Augustów County
Biała Podlaska County
Białystok County
Bielsk Podlaski County
linked to: Bielsk County

Grodno County
linked to: Grodno Governorate

Kolno County
Ostrołęka County
Siedlce County
Siemiatycze County
Sokółka County
Suwałki County
Wysokie Mazowieckie County
Węgrów County
Łomża County
containsSettlement Augustów
Biała Podlaska
Białystok
Bielsk Podlaski
Grodno
linked to: Hrodna

Kolno
Ostrołęka
Siedlce
Sokółka
Suwałki
Wysokie Mazowieckie
Łomża
country Second Polish Republic
disestablishedAsResultOf World War II
dissolvedOrAbolished 1939
endTime 1939
establishedAfter World War I
ethnicGroup Belarusians
Jews
Lithuanians
Poles
Russians
followed Białystok Governorate
Łomża Governorate
followedBy Belastok Region (Soviet administration)
Białystok Voivodeship (1944–1975)
historicalRegion Grodno region
linked to: Grodno Region

Masovia
linked to: Mazovia

Podlachia
linked to: Podlasie
languageUsed Polish
locatedIn northeastern Poland
partOf Second Polish Republic
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
startTime 1919

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Grodno Governorate followedBy Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
Warsaw Voivodeship (interwar) bordersWith Białystok Voivodeship (interwar)
linked to: Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
Belarus–Poland passesThrough Białystok Voivodeship historical area
linked to: Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
Suwalki Governorate followedBy Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
linked to: Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
Wysokie Mazowieckie locatedInFormerAdministrativeUnit Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
linked to: Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)