Yup, a somewhat lengthy article. Few will give a rat’s ass. Except those, like me, who love a good historical tale. T4C might like it, cuz Russia. Yojimbo might like it, cuz Joos. Austrians might like it, cuz our once mighty Empire. Nostalgia, baby. Hungarians might drool over their goulash. Pollack’s might hate it, cuz … well, they’re Pollack’s.
The Jews, The Poles, and the History of Western Ukraine (Galicia)
WW2 drove hundreds of thousands of Orthodox Slavic peoples who identified as part of the Russian world off of lands they had been inhabiting for 1000 years, beginning with the original Russian nation state of Kievan Rus’. These lands are now part of Poland.
Understanding the historical backdrop to this, going back hundreds of years, is critical to understanding what is happening today in the region, especially to understanding relations between Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
Galicia – a land trapped between east and west.
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