Kresowiacy(Polish) | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Poland,Lithuania,Belarus,Ukraine | |
| Languages | |
| Polish (standard dialect,Northern Borderlands dialect,Southern Borderlands dialect), others | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism,Eastern Orthodoxy | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Poles,Bug River Poles |
TheBorderlands Poles, orBorderlanders (Polish:Kresowiacy), and also known as theBorderlands groups (Polish:grupy kresowe), is an umbrella term for theethnographic groups ofPolish people from theEastern Borderlands, an area now to the east ofPoland, within modern-dayBelarus,Lithuania,Ukraine. They are descended from Polonized local inhabitants, i.e.Lithuanians,Belarusians andUkrainians, and settlers that hadMasovian, and to a lesser extend,Lesser Poland, origin.[1] The groups are not directly connected, having different origins, and developing separately. However, they are categorized together, due to the shared factor of devolving on the eastern borderlands of Polish population, influenced by the other ethnic groups located to the east.[2] In theaftermath of World War II, they were displaced from theSoviet Union to Poland, mostly in thefirst repatriation of 1944–1946, and later in thesecond repatriation of 1955–1959.[3][4] As such, they, and their descendants, now live across Poland. Such people are also known as theBug River Poles (Polish:Zabużanie).[5][6]
Severalethnographic groups are categorized as part of the Borderlands groups. However, there is not one agreed upon list. Groups included in the list by variousethnographers include:Bug River Podlachians,Chełm group,Hrubieszow group,Lviv–Ternopil group,Podlachians,Przemyśl group,Dolinianie [pl],Uplanders, andVilnius group.[1][7][8]
Formerly, some ethnographers, such asJan Stanisław Bystroń, also includedLublinians andRzeszovians [pl], however,Janusz Kamocki [pl], basing the research byJan Natanson-Leski [pl], states that they are theindigenous populations in the area,Lesser Poland.[2][9]
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