Marchlewszczyzna

Marchlewszczyzna (Ukrainian: Мархлевский польский национальный район) was a Polish National District in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic created as an experiment^[1] and as part of the Soviet korenizatsia campaign in Zhytomyr Okruha [ru] to the west of Zhytomyr^[2] on 21 July 1925 by resolution of the Little Presidium of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee.^{[citation needed]} Its capital, the town of Dovbysh, was renamed later in 1926 as Marchlewsk.^[1][3] The district was one of 32 other national districts that were created in the Ukrainian SSR during that period (1924-1939).^[2] Creation of the district was based on standards adopted by the fourth session of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee (15-19 February 1925) and recommendations of the Central Commission in affairs of National Minorities at that executive committee.^[2] It was created to implement an idea in creation of Polish national districts on territories of Ukrainian and Belarusian SSRs.^[2]