Western Ukraine - Historic Terms

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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