Editing Lutsk (section)

===Russian Empire===
In 1795, as a result of the [[Third Partition of Poland]], the [[Russian Empire]] annexed Lutsk. The Voivodeship was liquidated and the town lost its significance as the capital of the province (which was moved to [[Zhytomyr]]). After the [[November Uprising]] (1830–1831), efforts increased to remove Polish influence. Polish schools were closed in 1831 and Catholic monasteries were seized in 1840–1853.{{sfn|Nieć|1937|p=231}} Russian became the dominant language in official circles. Though, the Ukrainian population continued to speak [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]; the Polish population spoke [[Polish language|Polish]]; and the Jewish population spoke [[Yiddish]] (only in private circles). The [[Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic churches]] was turned into [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Christian]] ones, which led to the self-liquidation of the Uniates here. In 1845, another great fire struck the city, resulting in further depopulation.

In 1850, three major forts were built around Lutsk, and the town became a small fortress called ''Mikhailogorod''. Neglected under Russian rule, by the late 19th century, the city lost its leading economic position in Volhynia to [[Rivne]], [[Kovel]] and [[Zdolbuniv]].{{sfn|Nieć|1937|p=231}}

[[File:Colored postcards with views of Lutsk (Gorokhovsky) 07.jpg|thumb|Postcard from the 1910s]]
During the [[First World War]], the town was seized by [[Austria-Hungary]] on 29 August 1915. The town sustained a small amount of damage. During more than a year of Austro-Hungarian occupation, Lutsk became an important military centre with the headquarters of the IV Army under Archduke [[Archduke Josef Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany|Josef Ferdinand]] stationed there. A plague of [[epidemic typhus]] decimated the city's inhabitants.

On 4 June 1916, four Russian armies under general [[Aleksei Brusilov]] started what later became known as the [[Brusilov Offensive]]. After up to three days of heavy artillery barrage, the [[Battle of Lutsk]] began. On 7 June 1916 the Russian forces reconquered the city. After the signing of the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]] in 1917, the city was seized by Germany on 7 February 1918. On 22 February 1918 the town was transferred by the withdrawing German army to the forces loyal to [[Symon Petlura]].