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 Poleshuks from Kobryn (1916) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Ukraine | 9,000[1][2] |
 Belarus | 14,000[3] |
| Languages | |
| West Polesian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlashuks | |
The Poleshuks,[1] also known as Polesians (Ukrainian: поліщуки, romanized: polishchuky, Belarusian: палешукі, romanized: paleshuki, Russian: полещуки, romanized: poleshchuki, Polish: Poleszucy) are the indigenous population of Polesia (also known as Polesie and Polissia).[1] Their native speech forms a dialect continuum between the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages and includes recently codified West Polesian, as well as many local variations and sub-dialects.[4]
- ^ a b c Christopher Lord; Olga Strietska-Ilina (2001). Parallel Cultures: Majority/minority Relations in the Countries of the Former Eastern Bloc. Ashgate. "Poleshuks"; pp. 197-198, 202. ISBN 0754616169.
Poleshuk leaders emphasised that the best possible territorial and political arrangement of the Ukrainian state for Poleshuks would be a Federation with a high degree of decentralisation.
- ^ Етнографічні групи: поліщуки (з українською самосвідомістю) Державний комітет статистики України.
- ^ Население по национальности и родному языку Population by nationality and native language
- ^ Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (2012). Intermarium: The Land Between the Black and Baltic Seas. Transaction Publishers. p. 493. ISBN 978-1412847742. Retrieved 10 October 2015.