Eastern Galicia
Geographical region in Ukraine and Poland
Eastern Galicia
Eastern Galicia (Ukrainian: Східна Галичина, romanized: Skhidna Halychyna; Polish: Galicja Wschodnia; Rusyn: Всхідня Галичына, romanized: Vskhidnya Halichyna; Yiddish: מזרח גאַליציע, German: Ostgalizien) is a geographical region comprising the eastern portion of the historical, Austro-Hungarian-defined region of Galicia in Eastern Europe, corresponding roughly with the historical region of Red Ruthenia (excluding the Chełm Land). It includes parts of Western Ukraine (present day oblasts of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, most of Ternopil Oblast) and Southeastern Poland (parts of present day Subcarpathian and Lublin Voivodeships). It has an essential historic importance in Poland which it was an integral part of until 1939. Before World War II Eastern Galicia had a mixed population consisting of a Ukrainian (Ruthenian) overall majority, with a Polish plurality (majority) in urban areas, as well as Carpatho-Rusyn, Ashkenazi Jewish, Forest German and other minorities. It was one of the two major...
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