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Various controversies from the shared history of the two countries' peoples occasionally resurface in Polish–Ukrainian relations, but they tend not to have a major influence on the bilateral relations of Poland and Ukraine. [1] Poland and Ukraine are respectively, the second- and third-largest Slavic nations, after Russia.
The 26 Ukrainian Festival in Zdynia, "Lemkivska Vatra", 2008. The history of the Ukrainian minority in Poland dates back to the Late Middle Ages, [1] preceding the 14th century Galicia–Volhynia Wars between Casimir III the Great of Poland, and Liubartas of Lithuania.
Galicia, also known by its variant name Galizia [1] (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ (i) ə / gə-LISH-(ee-)ə; [2] Polish: Galicja, IPA: [ɡaˈlit͡sja] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Галичина, romanized: Halychyna, IPA: [ɦɐlɪtʃɪˈnɑ]; Yiddish: גאַליציע, romanized: Galitsye; see below), is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of ...
The most important Ukrainian festivals and popular cultural events include: Festival of Ukrainian Culture in Sopot ("Festiwal Kultury Ukraińskiej" w Sopocie), Youth Market in Gdańsk ("Młodzieżowy Jarmark" w Gdańsku), Festival of Ukrainian Culture of Podlasie (Festiwal Kultury Ukraińskiej na Podlasiu "Podlaska Jesień"), Bytowska Watra ...
The Ukrainian Social and Cultural Society was established in 1956, [1] following nearly a decade of state marginalisation and discrimination of Ukrainians beginning with the establishment of the Polish People's Republic in 1947. The group was established with the support of the Polish government, which permitted the expression of Ukrainian ...
"The Lemko Project" - A blog and resource site about Lemko history, culture and events. English language. Ukraine Lemko ethno folk group "The bells of Lemkivshchyna. Will the authorities of Ukraine and Poland listen to them", Zerkalo Nedeli, (Mirror Weekly), May 25–31, 2002. Available online in Russian and in Ukrainian.
The Polish minority in Ukraine officially numbers about 144,130 (according to the 2001 census), [6] of whom 21,094 (14.6%) speak Polish as their first language. [6] The history of Polish settlement in current territory of Ukraine dates back to 1030–31.
The Ukrainian study of their own respective medieval past begins with the study of the Cossack Chronicles. The Chronicles, authored in the 17th and 18th centuries, traces Ukrainian history from biblical eras into the time of the Khazars. in the 1920s Soviet censorship restricted the study and publication of literary work that demonstrated a separate national and historical background for ...