Volhynia

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earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION

Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

Volhynia: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Also Known As	Volyn • Wołyń • Volynia

Topics

Flanders Walachia Moldavia Grand Principality of Moscow Antioch despotate of Epirus Suzdal Despotate of Morea Ryazan Tver

Major Events

Partitions of Poland, 1772–95

Partitions of Poland

Battle of Beresteczko

Ukraine

Key People

Daniel Romanovich

Daniel Romanovich

ruler of Galicia and Volhynia

Peter

Russian Orthodox metropolitan