Prykarpattia (Ukrainian:Прикарпаття) is a Ukrainian term forCiscarpathia, aphysical geographical region for the northeasternCarpathian foothills.[1]
Located at the outer foot of theEastern Carpathian Mountains (Outer Subcarpathia), consisting of today'sIvano-Frankivsk Oblast (predominantly) andLviv Oblast (partially), it forms part of the larger historic region ofGalicia (Haliczyna), which before the 14th century was a part of theKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. Along with the Lviv, Chernivtsi andZakarpattia regions,Prykarpattia is a component of theCarpathian Euroregion.
Initially a part ofKievan Rus' and one of its successor states, thePrincipality of Halych, the area ultimately became part of theKingdom of Poland.[citation needed]
Following thePartitions of Poland of 1772, Prykarpattia fell under theHabsburg monarchy.[citation needed]
In the wake of theWorld War I and the fall ofAustria-Hungary, it became disputed between Poland and a short-livedWest Ukrainian People's Republic. After thePolish-Soviet War was concluded, it remained in Poland.[citation needed]
After the1939 invasion and partition of Poland betweenNazi Germany and theSoviet Union, the area was attached to theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (falling to Nazi control after the start ofOperation Barbarossa and until 1944). It remains a part of modern Ukraine, incorporated into the western Ukrainianoblast ofIvano-Frankivsk, roughly corresponding to the southern half of the oblast.
The region ofPokuttya today is used interchangeably with Prykarpattia. There are no official borders established between both of them. When referring to Prykarpattia it is understood that it is the wholeIvano-Frankivsk Oblast. As forPokuttya, it is only for the eastern part of the sameregion. Sometimes the southernLviv Oblast is considered part of Prykarpattia such as cities ofStryi,Truskavets, andDrohobych. TheDnister river is the major waterway in the region to where series of other minor rivers flow. The other major cities in the region from the earlier mentioned areHalych,Kalush,Ivano-Frankivsk and many others. The region is home to suchUkrainian cultures asHutsuls,Lemky,Boyky, and others.[citation needed]
