Podlashuks
19th century painting "Ruthenians from Podlachia" by Jan Lewicki.
Regions with significant populations
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: Pudlašuki; Ukrainian: Підляшани, romanized: Pidlašuky; Belarusian: Падляшукі, romanized: Padlašuki; 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

Podlashuks traditionally speak the Podlachian microlanguage, alternatively classified as the Podlachian subdialect of Northern Ukrainian.[1][2]

Religion

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

    References

    1. 1 2 3 Timish Olesiuk, Entsyklopediya ukrayinoznavstva : Slovnykova chastyna, Naukove tovarystvo imeni Shevchenka. 1970.
    2. ↑ "Vitajemo". svoja.org.


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