Volhynia is a region in the northwest corner of Ukraine, bordering Poland to the west and Belarus to the north. It was also the name of an administrative district before the Russian Revolution.
In the mid-1800s many Germans settled in Volhynia, which is known in German as Wolhynien.
Photo above: Old train station in Zhitomir, long since torn down
Photos at the top of the page: Kiev Street in Zhitomir, then and now
The latest news from Volhynia
Current time in Volhynia:
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The basics:
History and geography of Volhynia
Modern 1:100,000 scale maps
Older 1:200,000 scale maps
For researching Volhynian ancestry:
Volhynian genealogy research ideas
Residents of some villages in the Zhitomir area
German villages in western Volhynia
Lutheran records in the Zhitomir archive
Zhitomir Lutheran members list
Criminal Code sections in the Soviet Union
Volhynia's Baptist pastors
Sample page from Kartei Quassowski
Links to help with further research
Conferences dealing with Volhynian roots
Holocaust by Hunger -- Daily Mail
A 1933 look at conditions in Russia
Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ):
How to use the records
Selected EWZ-50 file numbers (by name)
Sample EWZ-50 file (PDF format)
For Hulda Bienert, born in Solodyri in 1891
E/G Kartei EWZ-57 (alphabetic) film numbers
EWZ-58 (numeric) film numbers
Volhynia today:
Latest news from Volhynia
Audio and video of Volhynia
Photos from modern-day Volhynia
A brief account of a visit to Zhitomir, 1995
Poland, where many Volhynians originated:
Photos and research ideas
The boring details:
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