Volost of Dubno and Its Spatial Structure From the Time of Princes of Ostroh Until the Middle of the Xviii Century

In the article, the results of research of spatial limits of Dubno volost in XV–XVIII centuries are published. The ways of formation of Dubno volost are analysed with area square calculation on the separate stages of its development. Based on method of mapping settlements that folded the volost, the changes in its spatial limits and determination factors are characterized. The oldest documentarily confirmed possession of princes of Ostroh on Ikva river was district of Ivanyn. Fedir prince of Ostroh got patrimonial right on it in 1386. Before 1463, this possession was divided between princes Yurii and Ivan. Yurii reached the district of Ivanyn in composition of five villages: Ivannia, Miatyn, Golovchyci and Dytynychi. After this division, Dubno went to the prince Ivan, which son obtained municipal rights for a settlement. Ivan carried out the expansion of the possessions on Ikva river due to a purchase estates of his brother in 1463. It is possible to recreat the sizes of volost based on register of 1583. Villages in register of 1583 had been attached to Dubno by the prince Kostiantyn Ivanovych until 1530. Thus, in spatial limits a register represents a volost in a time of full age of his son Vasyl in 1541. Totally, the register of 1583 calls 40 villages in composition of volost. In the act of division of possessions between princes Yanush and Oleksandr in 1603 the composition of volost included 47 villages. The total number of villages in the parish in the middle of the eighteenth century can be adjusted to 75, of which 67 villages have been localized. The counts of area of volost show that during XVI – in the first half of XVII century its sizes hesitated within the limits of 0,8–0,9 thousand kilometres in square. From the second half of XVII century and to the middle of XVIII century territory of volost increased significantly. In Act of Kolbushivska transaction from year 1753 the list is given 67 villages that together with Dubno and small town Ptycha were got by prince Stanislav Lubomirskyi. The area of volost on this year was about 1,1 thousand kilometres in square.