Podlashuks

Podlashuks (Podlachian: Пудляшуки, romanized: Podlašuki; 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]

This article is about the East Slavic ethnic group native to Podlachia. For the Polish sub-ethnic group native to Podlachia, see Podlachians.
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

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


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