Chełm Land (Polish: Ziemia Chełmska, Ukrainian: Холмщина) is a historical ziemia region in eastern Poland and adjacent areas of Ukraine and Belarus. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was an exclave of the Ruthenian Voivodeship, completely separated from the main part of it by the Bełz Voivodeship. The region's most important town was Chełm. In the Commonwealth, Chełm Land enjoyed a special status, and even though it belonged to the Ruthenian Voivodeship, in some documents it was described as a separate, Chełm Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus Chelmensis). * Bug River * Stołpie * * *