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Galicia
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historical and geographic region in western Ukraine and southern Poland
Galicia is a historical and geographic region located in western Ukraine and southern Poland that was shaped by centuries of different rulers and cultures. It matters because its complex past and the borders drawn through it continue to influence the identities, politics, and histories of both Ukraine and Poland today.
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- Instance of
- Ukrainian historical regions
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Second Polish Republic
- Continent
- Europe
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- Galicia (Central Europe)
- topic's main category
- Category:Galicia (Eastern Europe)
- different from
- Gallizien
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
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- WikiProject Ukraine
- native label
- Галичина
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Encyclopedic overview
Galicia (/ɡəˈlɪʃ(i)ə/ gə-LISH-(ee-)ə; also known by the variant name Galizia; Polish: Galicja, IPA: [ɡaˈlit͡sja] ; Ukrainian: Галичина, romanized: Halychyna, IPA: [ɦɐlɪtʃɪˈnɑ]; Yiddish: גאַליציע, romanized: Galitsye; see below) is a historical and geographic region spanning what has become southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It covers much of the other historic regions of Red Ruthenia (centered on Lviv) and Lesser Poland (centered on Kraków).
The name of the region derives from the medieval city of Halych, and was first mentioned in Hungarian historical chronicles in the year 1206 as Galiciæ. The eastern part of the region was controlled by the medieval Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia before it was annexed by the Kingdom of Poland in 1352 and became part of the Ruthenian Voivodeship. During the partitions of Poland, it was incorporated into a crown land of the Austrian Empire—the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
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