December 1919 Vasyl Levotsky (acting) – 2 November 1921 Semen Kesselman (Zapadny) January 1922 – 2 June 1922 Janis Biksons GPU -1923 Pavel Ivonin March 1923 – October 1923 Foma Leoniuk 1 July 1923 – 1 September 1924 Symon Dukelsky 1924 – 1925 Aleksandr Safes (Grozny) Principal cities Russian Census of 1897 Zhytomir – 65 895 (Jewish – 30 572, Russian – 16 944, Ukrainian – 9 152) Rovno – 24 573 (Jewish – 13 704, Russian – 4 278, Ukrainian – 4 071) Kremenets – 17 704 (Ukrainian – 8 322, Jewish – 6 476, Russian – 1 863) Kovel – 17 697 (Jewish – 8 502, Russian – 4 828, Ukrainian – 2 093) Novograd-Volynsky – 16 904 (Jewish – 9 363, Russian – 2 939, Ukrainian – 2 662) Starokonstantinov – 16 377 (Jewish – 9 164, Ukrainian – 4 886, Russian – 1 402) Lutsk – 15 804 (Jewish – 9 396, Russian – 2 830, Ukrainian – 1 478) Ostrog – 14 749 (Jewish – 9 185, Ukrainian – 2 446, Russian – 2 199) Dubno – 14 257 (Jewish – 7 096, Russian – 2 962, Ukrainian – 2 474) Zaslavl – 12 611 (Jewish – 5 991, Ukrainian – 3 990, Russian – 1 722) Administrative division Language By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language. Religion By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are religions with more members than the Eastern Orthodox. References Governorates of the Russian Empire History of Volhynia 1790s establishments in the Russian Empire Governorates of Ukraine