 Concert of Polish Children Choir in the Lviv Roman Catholic cathedral | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 144,130 (2001 census)[1] – 2,000,000 (Polish estimates)[2][3][4] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Zakarpattia Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | |
| Languages | |
| Polish,[5] Ukrainian, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Polish diaspora |
The Polish minority in Ukraine officially numbers about 144,130 (according to the 2001 census),[6] of whom 21,094 (14.6%) speak Polish as their first language.[6] The history of Polish settlement in current territory of Ukraine dates back to 1030–31. In Late Middle Ages, following the extinction of the Rurik dynasty in 1323, the Kingdom of Poland extended east in 1340 to include the lands of Przemyśl and in 1366, Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec Podolski). The settlement of Poles became common there after the Polish–Lithuanian peace treaty signed in 1366 between Casimir III the Great of Poland, and Liubartas of Lithuania.[7]
- ^ Державний комітет статистики України. "Census Results / National composition of population / Language composition of population". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ^ "Piotr Furmaniak: Polacy na Ukrainie- sytuacja polskiej mniejszości – Portal Spraw Zagranicznych PSZ.pl".
- ^ "2 miliony czy 146 tysięcy?".
- ^ "Polska na Ukrainie – Polska na Ukrainie – Portal Gov.pl".
- ^ "Language composition of population".
- ^ a b Results of the 2001 census with languages spoken (Розподіл населення окремих національностей за іншими мовами, крім рідної, якими володіють), Ukrainian Statistical Bureau (Державний комітет статистики України). Retrieved 21 August 2011. (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Michael J. Mikoś. "Middle Ages. Cultural background". Printed source: Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. A Bilingual Anthology, by Michael J. Mikoś, Warsaw: Constans, 1999. Staropolska online. Retrieved 13 August 2011.