Podlashuks
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 19th century painting "Ruthenians from Podlachia" by Jan Lewicki. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships, Poland | |
| Languages | |
| Podlachian (sometimes classified as a subdialect of Ukrainian or Belarusian), Polish | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlachians, Poleshuks |
Podlashuks (Podlachian: Пудляшуки, romanized: Pudliashuki; Ukrainian: Підляшани, romanized: Pidliashany; Belarusian: Падляшукі, romanized: Padliashuki; Polish: Podlaszucy) are an East Slavic ethnic group from Podlachia, a historical region in northeastern Poland which includes the Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships. Some Podlashuks identify as Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish, while others identify as a distinct ethnic group.[1]
Language
[edit]Podlashuks traditionally speak the Podlachian microlanguage, alternatively classified as the Podlachian subdialect of Northern Ukrainian.[1][2]
Religion
[edit]Podlashuks in northern Podlachia, located within Podlaskie Voivodeship, are mostly Eastern Orthodox, while those in southern Podlachia, in Lublin Voivodeship, are mostly Roman Catholic.[1]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Timish Olesiuk, Entsyklopediya ukrayinoznavstva : Slovnykova chastyna, Naukove tovarystvo imeni Shevchenka. 1970.
- ^ "Vitajemo". svoja.org.[failed verification]
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