Polonne

Polonne belongs to Volhynia, where river valleys, cultivated fields, and local roads support a town linked with a broad agricultural hinterland. Grain, livestock, and crafts supply markets, while estates and neighboring settlements create relationships between rural production and urban services. A fortified center can offer protection and administration, though the same position may attract armies during periods of conflict. The region's value lies in both productive land and its routes between larger political centers.

Polonne belonged successively to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Stanisław Lubomirski strengthened its fortifications in 1640. In 1648 Cossacks led by Maksym Kryvonis captured the town and massacred its garrison and many civilians, including Jews who had taken refuge there. In 1793 the second partition of Poland brought Polonne under Russian rule.