Historic Terms
The term is important as it closely associated with a history of following lands and states:
- Eastern Galicia or Halychyna - geo-political sense
- West Ukrainian National Republic (1918-1919) - historical sense
- Carpatho-Ukraine (1939)
- Polish unofficial term Kresy (Borderlands) that includes the West Belarus
- Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Red Ruthenia
- General Government of Galicia and Bukovina
- Ținutul Suceava (Kingdom of Romania)
Western Ukraine includes such lands as Zakarpattia (Kárpátalja), Volyn, Halychyna (Prykarpattia, Pokuttia), Bukovyna, Polissia, and Podillia.
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