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Galicia (/ɡəˈlɪʃ(i)ə/ gə-LISH-(ee-)ə;[1] Polish: Galicja, IPA: [ɡaˈlit͡sja] ; Ukrainian: Галичина, romanized: Halychyna, IPA: [ɦɐlɪtʃɪˈnɑ]; Yiddish: גאַליציע, romanized: Galitsye; see below) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2][3][4] It covers much of the other historic regions of Red Ruthenia (centered on Lviv) and Lesser Poland (centered on Kraków).

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Galicia
Historical region
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View from the Lion Mountain to the historic center of Lviv
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Galicia (dark green) juxtaposed with modern-day Poland and Ukraine (light green)
Country Poland
 Ukraine
Largest citiesKraków
Lviv
Area
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78,497 km2 (30,308 sq mi)
DemonymGalician
Time zonesUTC+2 (EET)
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The name of the region derives from the medieval city of Halych,[5][6][7] and was first mentioned in Hungarian historical chronicles in the year 1206 as Galiciæ.[8][9] 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.

The nucleus of historic Galicia lies within the modern regions of western Ukraine: the Lviv, Ternopil, and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts near Halych.[10] In the 18th century, territories that later became part of the modern Polish regions of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, and Silesian Voivodeship were added to Galicia after the collapse of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Eastern Galicia became contested ground between Poland and Ruthenia in medieval times and was fought over by Austria-Hungary and Russia during World War I and also Poland and Ukraine in the 20th century. In the 10th century, several cities were founded there, such as Volodymyr and Jaroslaw, whose names mark their connections with the Grand Princes of Kiev. There is considerable overlap between Galicia and Podolia (to the east) as well as between Galicia and south-west Ruthenia, especially in a cross-border region (centred on Carpathian Ruthenia) inhabited by various nationalities and religious groups.

Origins and variations of the name

The name of the region in the local languages is:

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Map of the Principality of Galicia in the 13th century, which formed the nucleus of what later became Galicia
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Annexation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia by the Kingdom of Poland as part of the Galicia–Volhynia Wars

Some historians[a] speculated that the name had to do with a group of people of Thracian origin (i.e. Getae)[11] who during the Iron Age moved into the area after the Roman conquest of Dacia in 106 CE and may have formed the Lypytsia culture with the Venedi people who moved into the region at the end of La Tène period.[11] The Lypytsia culture supposedly replaced the existing Thracian Hallstatt (see Thraco-Cimmerian) and Vysotske cultures.[11] A connection with Celtic peoples supposedly explains the relation of the name "Galicia" to many similar place names found across Europe and Asia Minor, such as ancient Gallia or Gaul (modern France, Belgium, and northern Italy), Galatia (in Asia Minor), the Iberian Peninsula's Galicia, and Romanian Galați.[11][failed verification] Some other scholars[who?] assert that the name Halych has Slavic origins – from halytsa, meaning "a naked (unwooded) hill", or from halka which means "jackdaw".[12] (The jackdaw featured as a charge in the city's coat of arms[13] and later also in the coat of arms of Galicia-Lodomeria.[14] The name, however, predates the coat of arms, which may represent canting or simply folk etymology). Although Ruthenians drove out the Hungarians from Halych-Volhynia by 1221, Hungarian kings continued to add Galicia et Lodomeria to their official titles.

In 1349, in the course of the Galicia–Volhynia Wars, King Casimir III the Great of Poland conquered the major part of Galicia and put an end to the independence of this territory. Upon the conquest Casimir adopted the following title:

Casimir by the grace of God king of Poland and Rus (Ruthenia), lord and heir of the land of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Pomerania (Pomerelia). Latin: Kazimirus, Dei gratia rex Polonie et Rusie, nec non-Cracovie, Sandomirie, Siradie, Lancicie, Cuiavie, et Pomeranieque Terrarum et Ducatuum Dominus et Heres.

Under the Jagiellonian dynasty (Kings of Poland from 1386 to 1572), the Kingdom of Poland revived and reconstituted its territories. In place of historic Galicia there appeared the Ruthenian Voivodeship.

In 1526, after the death of Louis II of Hungary, the Habsburgs inherited the Hungarian claims to the titles of the Kingship of Galicia and Lodomeria, together with the Hungarian crown. In 1772 the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, used those historical claims to justify her participation in the First Partition of Poland. In fact, the territories acquired by Austria did not correspond exactly to those of former Halych-Volhynia – the Russian Empire took control of Volhynia to the north-east, including the city of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (Włodzimierz Wołyński) – after which Lodomeria was named. On the other hand, much of Lesser PolandNowy Sącz and Przemyśl (1772–1918), Zamość (1772–1809), Lublin (1795–1809), and Kraków (1846–1918) – became part of Austrian Galicia. Moreover, despite the fact that Austria's claim derived from the historical Hungarian crown, "Galicia and Lodomeria" were not officially assigned to Hungary, and after the Ausgleich of 1867, the territory found itself in Cisleithania, or the Austrian-administered part of Austria-Hungary.

The full official name of the new Austrian territory was the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator. After the incorporation of the Free City of Kraków in 1846, it was extended to Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and the Grand Duchy of Kraków with the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator (German: Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien mit dem Großherzogtum Krakau und den Herzogtümern Auschwitz und Zator).

Each of those entities was formally separate; they were listed as such in the Austrian emperor's titles, each had its distinct coat-of-arms and flag. For administrative purposes, however, they formed a single province. The duchies of Auschwitz (Oświęcim) and Zator were small historical principalities west of Kraków, on the border with Prussian Silesia. Lodomeria, under the name Volhynia, remained under the rule of the Russian Empire – see Volhynian Governorate.

History

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The legislative Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria was located in the capital city, Lviv.

In Roman times, the region was populated by various tribes of Celto-Germanic admixture, including Celtic-based tribes, the Lugians, Cotini, Vandals and Goths (the Przeworsk and Púchov cultures). During the Migration Period, a variety of nomadic groups invaded the area.[15][16] The East Slavic tribes White Croats and Tivertsi dominated the area since the 6th century until it was annexed to Kievan Rus' in the 10th century.[17]

In the 12th century, the Principality of Galicia was formed, which merged at the end of the century with neighbouring Volhynia into the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. Galicia and Volhynia had originally been two separate Rurikid principalities, assigned on a rotating basis to younger members of the Kievan dynasty. The line of Prince Roman the Great of Volodymyr had held the Principality of Volhynia, while the line of Yaroslav Osmomysl held the Principality of Galicia. Galicia–Volhynia was created following the death in 1198[18] or 1199 (and without a recognised heir in the paternal line) of the last Prince of Galicia, Vladimir II Yaroslavich; Roman acquired the Principality of Galicia and united his lands into one state. Roman's successors would mostly use Halych (Galicia) as the designation of their combined kingdom. In Roman's time Galicia–Volhynia's principal cities were Halych and Volodymyr. In 1204, Roman captured Kyiv in alliance with Poland, signed a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Hungary and established diplomatic relations with the Byzantine Empire.[19]

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Reconstruction of the historic border (1772–1918) between Austrian Galicia and Austrian Silesia in Bielsko-Biała.

In 1205, Roman turned against his Polish allies, leading to a conflict with Leszek the White and Konrad of Masovia. Roman was killed in the Battle of Zawichost (1205), and Galicia–Volhynia entered a period of rebellion and chaos, becoming an arena of rivalry between Poland and Hungary. King Andrew II of Hungary styled himself rex Galiciæ et Lodomeriæ, Latin for "king of Galicia and Vladimir [in-Volhynia]", a title that later was adopted in the House of Habsburg. In a compromise agreement made in 1214 between Hungary and Poland, the throne of Galicia–Volhynia was given to Andrew's son, Coloman of Lodomeria.

In 1352, when the principality was divided between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the territory became subject to the Polish Crown. With the Union of Lublin in 1569, Poland and Lithuania merged to form the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which lasted for 200 years until conquered and divided up by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in the 1772 partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The south-eastern part of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was awarded to the Habsburg Empress Maria-Theresa, whose bureaucrats named it the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, after one of the titles of the princes of Hungary, although its borders coincided but roughly with those of the former medieval principality.[20] Known informally as Galicia, it became the largest, most populous, and northernmost province of the Austrian Empire. After 1867 it was part of the Austrian half of Austria-Hungary, until the dissolution of the monarchy at the end of World War I in 1918.

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Siege of Przemyśl in 1915

During the First World War, Galicia saw heavy fighting between the forces of the Russian Empire and the Central Powers, on the Eastern Front of World War I. The Russian forces overran most of the region in 1914 after defeating the Austro-Hungarian army in a chaotic frontier battle in the opening months of the war.[21] They were in turn pushed out in the spring and summer of 1915 by a combined German/Austro-Hungarian offensive.

In 1918, Western Galicia became a part of the restored Republic of Poland, which absorbed the Lemko-Rusyn Republic. The local Ukrainian population declared the independence of Eastern Galicia as the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic. During the Polish-Soviet War, the Soviets tried to establish the puppet-state of the Galician SSR in East Galicia, but the territory was then conquered by the Poles.

The 1921 Peace of Riga confirmed Galicia's status as part of the Second Polish Republic. Although never accepted as legitimate by some Ukrainian nationalists, this was ratified by the Conference of Ambassadors on 14 March 1923[22][23] and internationally recognized on 15 May 1923.[24]

The Ukrainians of Eastern Galicia and the neighbouring province of Volhynia made up about 12% of the Polish Republic's population, and were its largest minority. As Polish government policies were discriminatory towards minorities, tensions between the Polish government and the Ukrainian population grew, eventually giving rise to the militant underground Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

People

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Peasants and Jews from Galicia, c. 1886

In 1773, Galicia had about 2.6 million inhabitants in 280 cities and market towns and approximately 5,500 villages. There were nearly 19,000 noble families, with 95,000 members (about 3% of the population). The serfs accounted for 1.86 million, more than 70% of the population. A small number were full-time farmers, but by far the overwhelming number (84%) had only smallholdings or no possessions.[citation needed]

Galicia had arguably the most ethnically diverse population of all the countries in the Austrian monarchy, consisting mainly of Poles and "Ruthenians";[25] the peoples known later as Ukrainians and Rusyns, as well as ethnic Jews, Germans, Armenians, Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, Roma and others. In Galicia as a whole, the population in 1910 was estimated to be 45.4% Polish, 42.9% Ruthenian, 10.9% Jewish, and 0.8% German.[26] This population was not evenly distributed. The Poles lived mainly in the west, with the Ruthenians predominant in the eastern region ("Ruthenia"). At the turn of the twentieth century, Poles constituted 88% of the whole population of Western Galicia and Jews 7.5%. The respective data for Eastern Galicia show the following numbers: Ruthenians 64.5%, Poles 22.0%, Jews 12%.[27][28] Of the 44 administrative divisions of Austrian eastern Galicia, Lviv (Polish: Lwów, German: Lemberg) was the only one in which Poles made up a majority of the population.[29] Anthropologist Marianna Dushar has argued that this diversity led to a development of a distinctive food culture in the region.[30]

The Polish language was the most spoken language in Galicia as a whole, although the eastern part of the region was predominantly Ruthenian-speaking. According to the 1910 census, 58.6% of Galicia spoke Polish as its mother tongue, compared to 40.2% who spoke a Ruthenian language.[31] The number of Polish-speakers may have been inflated because Jews were not given the option of listing Yiddish as their language.[32] Eastern Galicia was the most diverse part of the region, and one of the most diverse areas in Europe at the time.

The Galician Jews immigrated in the Middle Ages from Germany. German-speaking people were more commonly referred to by the region of Germany where they originated (such as Saxony or Swabia). For those who spoke different native languages, e.g. Poles and Ruthenians, identification was less problematic, and the widespread multilingualism blurred ethnic divisions.

Religiously, Galicia is predominantly Catholic, and Catholicism is practiced in two rites. Poles are Roman Catholic, while Ukrainians belong to the Greek Catholic Church. Other Christians belong to one of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. Until the Holocaust, Judaism was widespread, and Galicia was the center of Hasidism.

Economy

The new state borders cut Galicia off from many of its traditional trade routes and markets of the Polish sphere, resulting in stagnation of economic life and decline of Galician towns. Lviv lost its status as a significant trade center. After a short period of limited investments, the Austrian government started the fiscal exploitation of Galicia and drained the region of manpower through conscription to the imperial army. The Austrians decided that Galicia should not develop industrially but remain an agricultural area that would serve as a supplier of food products and raw materials to other Habsburg provinces. New taxes were instituted, investments were discouraged, and cities and towns were neglected.[33][34][35] The result was significant poverty in Austrian Galicia.[35][36] Galicia was the poorest province of Austro-Hungary,[37][38] and according to Norman Davies, could be considered "the poorest province in Europe".[36]

Oil and natural gas industry

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Rail lines in Galicia before 1897

Near Drohobych and Boryslav in Galicia, significant oil reserves were discovered and developed during the mid 19th and early 20th centuries.[39][40] The first European attempt to drill for oil was in Bóbrka in western Galicia in 1854.[39][40] By 1867, a well at Kleczany, in Western Galicia, was drilled using steam to about 200 meters.[39][40] On 31 December 1872, a railway line linking Borysław (now Boryslav) with the nearby city of Drohobycz (now Drohobych) was opened. British engineer John Simeon Bergheim and Canadian William Henry McGarvey came to Galicia in 1882.[41][b] In 1883, their company bored holes of 700 to 1,000 meters and found large oil deposits.[39] In 1885, they renamed their oil developing enterprise the Galician-Karpathian Petroleum Company (German: Galizisch-Karpathische Petroleum Aktien-Gesellschaft), headquartered in Vienna, with McGarvey as the chief administrator and Bergheim as a field engineer,[c] and built a huge refinery at Maryampole near Gorlice, south of Tarnow.[41] Considered the biggest, most efficient enterprise in Austro-Hungary, Maryampole was built in six months and employed 1,000 men.[41][d] Subsequently, investors from Britain, Belgium, and Germany established companies to develop the oil and natural gas industries in Galicia.[39] This influx of capital caused the number of petroleum enterprises to shrink from 900 to 484 by 1884, and to 285 companies manned by 3,700 workers by 1890.[39] However, the number of oil refineries increased from thirty-one in 1880 to fifty-four in 1904.[39] By 1904, there were thirty boreholes in Borysław of over 1,000 meters.[39] Production increased by 50% between 1905 and 1906 and then trebled between 1906 and 1909 because of unexpected discoveries of vast oil reserves of which many were gushers.[42] By 1909, production reached its peak at 2,076,000 tons or 4% of worldwide production.[39][40] Often called the "Polish Baku", the oil fields of Borysław and nearby Tustanowice accounted for over 90% of the national oil output of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[39][42][43] From 500 residents in the 1860s, Borysław had swollen to 12,000 by 1898.[42] At the turn of the century, Galicia was ranked fourth in the world as an oil producer.[39][e] This significant increase in oil production also caused a slump in oil prices.[42] A very rapid decrease in oil production in Galicia occurred just before the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.

Galicia was the Central Powers' only major domestic source of oil during the Great War.[42]

Ethnic groups

  • Mountain Dwellers (larger kinship group): Żywczaki or Gorals of Żywiec (pl: górale żywieccy), Babiogórcy or Gorals of Babia Góra, Gorals of Rabka or Zagórzanie, Kliszczaki, Gorals in Podhale (pl: górale podhalańscy), Gorals of Nowy Targ or Nowotarżanie, Górale pienińscy or Gorals of Pieniny and Górale sądeccy (Gorals of Nowy Sącz), Gorals of Spisz or Gardłaki, Kurtacy or Czuchońcy (Lemkos, Rusnaks), Boykos (Werchowyńcy), Tucholcy, Hutsuls (Czarnogórcy).
  • Dale Dwellers (larger kinship group): Krakowiacy, Mazury, Grębowiacy (Lesowiacy or Borowcy), Głuchoniemcy, Bełżanie, Bużanie (Łopotniki, Poleszuki), Opolanie, Wołyniacy, Pobereżcy or Nistrowianie.[45]

Linguistic and religious structure in 1910

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Roman Catholic population of Galicia in the 1910 census
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Greek Catholic and Orthodox population of Galicia in 1910
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Prevalence of Polish or Ukrainian language in Galicia in 1910
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Linguistic and religious structure of Galicia according to the 1910 Austrian census[46]
Today part of County Pop. Polish Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Other Slavic German Other language Roman Catholic Protestant Uniate Orthodox Jewish Other religion
Poland Kraków City 151886 94.4% 0.4% 1.8% 3.4% 0.0% 76.8% 0.7% 1.1% 0.0% 21.3% 0.0%
Poland Biała 86174 83.0% 0.0% 0.3% 16.7% 0.0% 93.9% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0%
Poland Bochnia 114401 99.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 93.9% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 5.8% 0.0%
Poland Brzesko 104498 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 94.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.6% 0.0%
Poland Chrzanów 110838 99.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 89.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 10.3% 0.0%
Poland Dąbrowa 69119 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 91.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 8.1% 0.0%
Poland Gorlice 82203 75.6% 24.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 68.5% 0.0% 23.9% 0.0% 7.5% 0.0%
Poland Grybów 53240 82.2% 17.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 77.1% 0.0% 17.4% 0.0% 5.5% 0.0%
Poland Jasło 87878 91.6% 8.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 84.9% 0.0% 8.6% 0.0% 6.5% 0.0%
Poland Kolbuszowa 73912 99.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 91.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 8.5% 0.0%
Poland Kraków County 68829 99.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 97.8% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0%
Poland Krosno 83115 84.6% 15.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 77.2% 0.0% 15.2% 0.0% 7.5% 0.0%
Poland Łańcut 93532 96.8% 3.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 87.2% 0.3% 5.0% 0.0% 7.5% 0.0%
Poland Limanowa 81163 99.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 96.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8% 0.0%
Poland Mielec 77218 98.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 88.8% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0%
Poland Myślenice 93241 99.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 98.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0%
Poland Nisko 69194 99.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 90.3% 0.2% 1.3% 0.0% 8.2% 0.0%
Poland Nowy Sącz 131366 86.5% 12.8% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 76.6% 1.2% 13.0% 0.0% 9.3% 0.0%
Poland Nowy Targ 80767 99.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 93.1% 0.1% 2.7% 0.0% 4.1% 0.0%
Poland Oświęcim 49996 99.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0% 86.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 13.1% 0.0%
Poland Pilzno 48673 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 93.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 6.1% 0.0%
Poland Podgórze 64383 98.2% 0.1% 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 88.4% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 11.0% 0.0%
Poland Przeworsk 57044 98.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 87.4% 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 6.9% 0.0%
Poland Ropczyce 80170 99.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 91.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 8.5% 0.0%
Poland Rzeszów 144271 99.1% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 88.4% 0.1% 1.8% 0.0% 9.7% 0.0%
Poland Strzyżów 58549 95.5% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 87.9% 0.0% 4.9% 0.0% 7.2% 0.0%
Poland Tarnobrzeg 77360 99.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 89.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 10.7% 0.0%
Poland Tarnów 114118 99.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.5% 0.0% 84.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 15.4% 0.0%
Poland Wadowice 95339 99.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 96.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0%
Poland Wieliczka 67724 99.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 95.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 4.2% 0.0%
Poland Żywiec 119653 99.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 98.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0%
Ukraine Lviv City 206129 85.8% 10.8% 0.4% 2.9% 0.1% 51.2% 1.5% 19.2% 0.3% 27.8% 0.1%
Ukraine Bibrka 88527 30.1% 69.1% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 18.8% 0.2% 69.5% 0.0% 11.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Bohorodchany 69463 13.7% 84.9% 0.1% 1.3% 0.0% 5.1% 0.6% 83.6% 0.0% 10.8% 0.0%
Ukraine Borshchiv 109320 31.0% 68.6% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 19.4% 0.0% 68.9% 0.0% 11.7% 0.0%
Ukraine Brody 146216 37.8% 59.6% 0.0% 2.5% 0.2% 21.7% 0.2% 62.4% 0.3% 15.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Berezhany 104810 40.9% 58.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 62.0% 0.0% 10.3% 0.0%
Poland Brzozów 81409 87.9% 12.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 78.2% 0.0% 15.2% 0.0% 6.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Buchach 138297 46.6% 53.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 31.4% 0.0% 55.9% 0.0% 12.6% 0.0%
Poland Cieszanów 86549 48.1% 51.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 34.9% 0.2% 52.4% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Chortkiv 76447 39.1% 59.7% 0.2% 1.0% 0.0% 28.0% 0.2% 61.3% 0.0% 10.4% 0.0%
Ukraine Dobromyl 72103 39.2% 59.7% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 24.9% 0.7% 64.0% 0.0% 10.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Dolyna 113831 21.4% 74.9% 0.0% 3.7% 0.0% 10.8% 2.1% 75.8% 0.0% 11.3% 0.0%
Ukraine Drohobych 171687 41.3% 56.7% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 21.9% 1.3% 59.6% 0.0% 17.2% 0.0%
Ukraine Horodok 79612 35.0% 62.7% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 29.2% 2.2% 58.7% 0.0% 9.9% 0.0%
Ukraine Horodenka 92033 26.9% 72.9% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 12.8% 0.0% 76.2% 0.1% 11.0% 0.0%
Ukraine Husiatyn 96891 44.2% 55.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 27.6% 0.0% 60.7% 0.0% 11.6% 0.0%
Poland Jarosław 150301 66.7% 32.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 50.3% 0.1% 39.6% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0%
Ukraine Yavoriv 86720 20.6% 78.3% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 13.1% 0.5% 79.0% 0.1% 7.3% 0.0%
Ukraine Kalush 97421 17.1% 81.2% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% 10.1% 0.8% 80.7% 0.0% 8.4% 0.0%
Ukraine Kamianka-Buzka 115316 39.7% 58.4% 0.0% 1.7% 0.2% 24.6% 1.6% 60.7% 0.3% 12.7% 0.0%
Ukraine Kolomyia 124850 38.1% 59.2% 0.2% 2.4% 0.0% 17.8% 0.9% 62.0% 0.2% 19.1% 0.0%
Ukraine Kosiv 85805 15.1% 84.1% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 4.8% 0.0% 83.8% 0.0% 11.3% 0.0%
Poland Lesko 98492 30.2% 68.9% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 15.0% 0.6% 70.3% 0.0% 14.1% 0.0%
Ukraine Lviv County 161580 61.6% 36.6% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 43.4% 2.1% 45.8% 0.0% 8.7% 0.0%
Ukraine Mostyska 87841 43.8% 56.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 31.8% 0.1% 59.9% 0.0% 8.2% 0.0%
Ukraine Nadvírna 90663 25.4% 73.4% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 12.8% 0.6% 74.0% 0.0% 12.6% 0.0%
Ukraine Pechenizhyn 46794 12.1% 87.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 3.6% 0.0% 87.4% 0.0% 9.0% 0.0%
Ukraine Pidhaitsi 93546 33.4% 65.9% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 65.5% 0.0% 7.8% 0.0%
Poland Przemyśl 159991 52.4% 44.9% 0.4% 2.2% 0.0% 35.4% 0.4% 49.9% 0.1% 14.1% 0.1%
Ukraine Peremyshliany 86568 39.5% 59.5% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 26.0% 0.7% 62.3% 0.0% 11.0% 0.0%
Ukraine Rava-Ruska 115333 32.0% 67.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 15.0% 0.4% 70.1% 0.0% 14.5% 0.1%
Ukraine Rohatyn 124966 29.2% 70.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 17.4% 0.1% 71.7% 0.0% 10.8% 0.0%
Ukraine Rudky 77269 39.1% 60.5% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 27.8% 0.4% 63.5% 0.0% 8.3% 0.0%
Ukraine Sambir 107445 41.7% 57.1% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 30.5% 0.3% 60.9% 0.0% 8.2% 0.0%
Poland Sanok 108678 54.4% 45.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 39.3% 0.0% 50.3% 0.0% 10.4% 0.0%
Ukraine Skalat 96006 52.0% 47.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 36.5% 0.0% 50.3% 0.0% 13.1% 0.0%
Ukraine Skole 55353 18.1% 77.8% 0.0% 4.1% 0.0% 10.9% 1.0% 77.4% 0.0% 10.7% 0.0%
Ukraine Sniatyn 88706 17.3% 80.5% 0.0% 2.1% 0.0% 8.1% 0.5% 79.7% 0.1% 11.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Sokal 109250 39.7% 60.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 19.3% 0.2% 65.5% 0.0% 14.9% 0.0%
Ukraine Stanyslaviv 158066 39.6% 57.5% 0.3% 2.5% 0.1% 22.3% 0.9% 57.6% 0.2% 18.8% 0.1%
Ukraine Staryi Sambir 60810 27.4% 72.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 14.9% 0.0% 74.4% 0.0% 10.7% 0.0%
Ukraine Stryi 80211 37.6% 58.3% 0.1% 4.0% 0.0% 19.0% 4.0% 61.0% 0.0% 15.9% 0.0%
Ukraine Ternopil 142138 51.4% 48.0% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 32.5% 0.1% 53.5% 0.0% 13.9% 0.0%
Ukraine Tlumach 116066 27.4% 71.8% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 17.9% 0.7% 73.2% 0.0% 8.3% 0.0%
Ukraine Terebovlia 81048 51.7% 48.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 39.4% 0.1% 51.5% 0.0% 9.0% 0.0%
Ukraine Turka 85823 19.9% 79.8% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 6.1% 0.1% 80.2% 0.0% 13.6% 0.0%
Ukraine Zalishchyky 76957 30.3% 69.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 16.6% 0.0% 71.3% 0.1% 12.0% 0.0%
Ukraine Zbarazh 71498 43.0% 57.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 31.6% 0.0% 60.9% 0.0% 7.5% 0.0%
Ukraine Zboriv 60665 32.0% 67.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 19.3% 0.0% 70.5% 0.0% 10.2% 0.0%
Ukraine Zolochiv 117372 40.3% 59.1% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 25.6% 0.3% 62.6% 0.0% 11.6% 0.0%
Ukraine Zhovkva 99658 25.9% 72.3% 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 16.9% 0.5% 73.0% 0.0% 9.6% 0.0%
Ukraine Zhydachiv 83339 22.4% 74.7% 0.0% 2.9% 0.0% 15.9% 0.2% 75.7% 0.0% 8.2% 0.0%
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Linguistic and religious structure of former Galicia in 1931

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Roman Catholic population of former Galicia in the 1931 census
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Greek Catholic and Orthodox population of former Galicia in 1931
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Prevalence of Polish or Ukrainian language in Galicia in 1931
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Linguistic and religious structure of former Galicia according to the 1931 Polish census[47][48][49][50][51][52]
Today part of County Pop. Polish % Yiddish & Hebrew % Ukrainian & Ruthenian % Other language %

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Roman Catholic % Jewish % Uniate & Orthodox % Other religion %
Ukraine Borshchiv 103277 46153 44.7% 4302 4.2% 52612 50.9% 0.2% 28432 27.5% 9353 9.1% 65344 63.3% 0.1%
Ukraine Brody 91248 32843 36.0% 7640 8.4% 50490 55.3% 0.3% 22521 24.7% 10360 11.4% 58009 63.6% 0.4%
Ukraine Berezhany 103824 48168 46.4% 3716 3.6% 51757 49.9% 0.2% 41962 40.4% 7151 6.9% 54611 52.6% 0.1%
Ukraine Buchach 139062 60523 43.5% 8059 5.8% 70336 50.6% 0.1% 51311 36.9% 10568 7.6% 77023 55.4% 0.1%
Ukraine Chortkiv 84008 36486 43.4% 6474 7.7% 40866 48.6% 0.2% 33080 39.4% 7845 9.3% 42828 51.0% 0.3%
Ukraine Kamianka-Buzka 82111 41693 50.8% 4737 5.8% 35178 42.8% 0.6% 29828 36.3% 6700 8.2% 45113 54.9% 0.6%
Ukraine Kopychyntsi 88614 38158 43.1% 5164 5.8% 45196 51.0% 0.1% 31202 35.2% 7291 8.2% 50007 56.4% 0.1%
Ukraine Pidhaitsi 95663 46710 48.8% 3464 3.6% 45031 47.1% 0.5% 38003 39.7% 4786 5.0% 52634 55.0% 0.3%
Ukraine Peremyshliany 89908 52269 58.1% 4445 4.9% 32777 36.5% 0.5% 38475 42.8% 6860 7.6% 44002 48.9% 0.6%
Ukraine Radekhiv 69313 25427 36.7% 3277 4.7% 39970 57.7% 0.9% 17945 25.9% 6934 10.0% 42928 61.9% 2.2%
Ukraine Skalat 89215 60091 67.4% 3654 4.1% 25369 28.4% 0.1% 45631 51.1% 8486 9.5% 34798 39.0% 0.3%
Ukraine Ternopil 142220 93874 66.0% 5836 4.1% 42374 29.8% 0.1% 63286 44.5% 17684 12.4% 60979 42.9% 0.2%
Ukraine Terebovlia 84321 50178 59.5% 3173 3.8% 30868 36.6% 0.1% 38979 46.2% 4845 5.7% 40452 48.0% 0.1%
Ukraine Zalishchyky 72021 27549 38.3% 3261 4.5% 41147 57.1% 0.1% 17917 24.9% 5965 8.3% 48069 66.7% 0.1%
Ukraine Zbarazh 65579 32740 49.9% 3142 4.8% 29609 45.2% 0.1% 24855 37.9% 3997 6.1% 36468 55.6% 0.4%
Ukraine Zboriv 81413 39624 48.7% 2522 3.1% 39174 48.1% 0.1% 26239 32.2% 5056 6.2% 49925 61.3% 0.2%
Ukraine Zolochiv 118609 56628 47.7% 6066 5.1% 55381 46.7% 0.5% 36937 31.1% 10236 8.6% 70663 59.6% 0.7%
Ukraine Dolyna 118373 21158 17.9% 9031 7.6% 83880 70.9% 3.6% 15630 13.2% 10471 8.8% 89811 75.9% 2.1%
Ukraine Horodenka 92894 27751 29.9% 5031 5.4% 59957 64.5% 0.2% 15519 16.7% 7480 8.1% 69789 75.1% 0.1%
Ukraine Kalush 102252 18637 18.2% 5109 5.0% 77506 75.8% 1.0% 14418 14.1% 6249 6.1% 80750 79.0% 0.8%
Ukraine Kolomyia 176000 52006 29.5% 11191 6.4% 110533 62.8% 1.3% 31925 18.1% 20887 11.9% 121376 69.0% 1.0%
Ukraine Kosiv 93952 6718 7.2% 6730 7.2% 79838 85.0% 0.7% 4976 5.3% 7826 8.3% 80903 86.1% 0.3%
Ukraine Nadvírna 140702 16907 12.0% 11020 7.8% 112128 79.7% 0.5% 15214 10.8% 11663 8.3% 113116 80.4% 0.5%
Ukraine Rohatyn 127252 36152 28.4% 6111 4.8% 84875 66.7% 0.1% 27108 21.3% 9466 7.4% 90456 71.1% 0.2%
Ukraine Stanyslaviv 198359 49032 24.7% 26996 13.6% 120214 60.6% 1.1% 42519 21.4% 29525 14.9% 123959 62.5% 1.2%
Ukraine Stryi 152631 25186 16.5% 15413 10.1% 106183 69.6% 3.8% 23404 15.3% 17115 11.2% 108159 70.9% 2.6%
Ukraine Sniatyn 78025 17206 22.1% 4341 5.6% 56007 71.8% 0.6% 8659 11.1% 7073 9.1% 61797 79.2% 0.6%
Ukraine Tlumach 116028 44958 38.7% 3677 3.2% 66659 57.5% 0.6% 31478 27.1% 6702 5.8% 76650 66.1% 1.0%
Ukraine Zhydachiv 83817 16464 19.6% 4728 5.6% 61098 72.9% 1.8% 15094 18.0% 5289 6.3% 63144 75.3% 0.3%
Ukraine Bibrka 97124 30762 31.7% 5533 5.7% 60444 62.2% 0.4% 22820 23.5% 7972 8.2% 66113 68.1% 0.2%
Ukraine Dobromyl 93970 35945 38.3% 4997 5.3% 52463 55.8% 0.6% 25941 27.6% 7522 8.0% 59664 63.5% 0.9%
Ukraine Drohobych 194456 91935 47.3% 20484 10.5% 79214 40.7% 1.5% 52172 26.8% 28888 14.9% 110850 57.0% 1.3%
Ukraine Horodok 85007 33228 39.1% 2975 3.5% 47812 56.2% 1.2% 22408 26.4% 4982 5.9% 56713 66.7% 1.1%
Ukraine Yavoriv 86762 26938 31.0% 3044 3.5% 55868 64.4% 1.1% 18394 21.2% 5161 5.9% 62828 72.4% 0.4%
Ukraine Lviv City 312231 198212 63.5% 75316 24.1% 35137 11.3% 1.1% 157490 50.4% 99595 31.9% 50824 16.3% 1.4%
Ukraine Lviv County 142800 80712 56.5% 1569 1.1% 58395 40.9% 1.5% 67430 47.2% 5087 3.6% 67592 47.3% 1.9%
Ukraine Mostyska 89460 49989 55.9% 2164 2.4% 37196 41.6% 0.1% 34619 38.7% 5428 6.1% 49230 55.0% 0.2%
Ukraine Rava-Ruska 122072 27376 22.4% 10991 9.0% 82133 67.3% 1.3% 22489 18.4% 13381 11.0% 84808 69.5% 1.1%
Ukraine Rudky 79170 38417 48.5% 4247 5.4% 36254 45.8% 0.3% 27674 35.0% 5396 6.8% 45756 57.8% 0.4%
Ukraine Sambir 133814 56818 42.5% 7794 5.8% 68222 51.0% 0.7% 43583 32.6% 11258 8.4% 78527 58.7% 0.3%
Ukraine Sokal 109111 42851 39.3% 5917 5.4% 59984 55.0% 0.3% 25425 23.3% 13372 12.3% 69963 64.1% 0.3%
Ukraine Turka 114457 26083 22.8% 7552 6.6% 80483 70.3% 0.3% 6301 5.5% 10627 9.3% 97339 85.0% 0.2%
Ukraine Zhovkva 95507 35816 37.5% 3344 3.5% 56060 58.7% 0.3% 20279 21.2% 7848 8.2% 66823 70.0% 0.6%
Poland Brzozów 83205 68149 81.9% 3836 4.6% 10677 12.8% 0.7% 65813 79.1% 4316 5.2% 12743 15.3% 0.4%
Poland Jarosław 148028 120429 81.4% 6064 4.1% 20993 14.2% 0.4% 83652 56.5% 11721 7.9% 52302 35.3% 0.2%
Poland Kolbuszowa 69565 65361 94.0% 3693 5.3% 62 0.1% 0.6% 63999 92.0% 5091 7.3% 91 0.1% 0.6%
Poland Krosno 113387 93691 82.6% 4416 3.9% 14666 12.9% 0.5% 91189 80.4% 6521 5.8% 15132 13.3% 0.5%
Poland Lesko 111575 31840 28.5% 8475 7.6% 70346 63.0% 0.8% 18209 16.3% 10916 9.8% 81588 73.1% 0.8%
Poland Lubaczów 87266 43294 49.6% 5485 6.3% 38237 43.8% 0.3% 32994 37.8% 9342 10.7% 44723 51.2% 0.2%
Poland Łańcut 97679 92084 94.3% 2318 2.4% 2690 2.8% 0.6% 86066 88.1% 6281 6.4% 4806 4.9% 0.5%
Poland Nisko 64233 60602 94.3% 3084 4.8% 115 0.2% 0.7% 59069 92.0% 3985 6.2% 925 1.4% 0.4%
Poland Przemyśl 162544 86393 53.2% 15891 9.8% 60005 36.9% 0.2% 67068 41.3% 21424 13.2% 73631 45.3% 0.3%
Poland Przeworsk 61388 58634 95.5% 2144 3.5% 406 0.7% 0.3% 54833 89.3% 3405 5.5% 3042 5.0% 0.2%
Poland Rzeszów 185106 173897 93.9% 9065 4.9% 963 0.5% 0.6% 164050 88.6% 17098 9.2% 3277 1.8% 0.4%
Poland Sanok 114195 67955 59.5% 7354 6.4% 38192 33.4% 0.6% 48968 42.9% 9455 8.3% 54882 48.1% 0.8%
Poland Tarnobrzeg 73297 67624 92.3% 5186 7.1% 93 0.1% 0.5% 65891 89.9% 6333 8.6% 194 0.3% 1.2%
Poland Biała 139127 127089 91.3% 5932 4.3% 48 0.0% 4.4% 126431 90.9% 9951 7.2% 197 0.1% 1.8%
Poland Bochnia 113790 109717 96.4% 3847 3.4% 75 0.1% 0.1% 107399 94.4% 5656 5.0% 134 0.1% 0.5%
Poland Brzesko 102226 100251 98.1% 1894 1.9% 20 0.0% 0.1% 97730 95.6% 4121 4.0% 66 0.1% 0.3%
Poland Chrzanów 138061 127078 92.0% 10435 7.6% 88 0.1% 0.3% 125016 90.6% 12127 8.8% 240 0.2% 0.5%
Poland Dąbrowa 66678 62620 93.9% 4016 6.0% 25 0.0% 0.0% 61584 92.4% 4807 7.2% 36 0.1% 0.4%
Poland Gorlice 104805 76266 72.8% 3508 3.3% 24881 23.7% 0.1% 73788 70.4% 5578 5.3% 25092 23.9% 0.3%
Poland Jasło 116146 103935 89.5% 4608 4.0% 7435 6.4% 0.1% 102213 88.0% 5786 5.0% 7659 6.6% 0.4%
Poland Kraków City 219286 171206 78.1% 45828 20.9% 924 0.4% 0.6% 159372 72.7% 56515 25.8% 1894 0.9% 0.7%
Poland Kraków County 187509 185567 99.0% 1569 0.8% 97 0.1% 0.1% 181836 97.0% 4138 2.2% 309 0.2% 0.7%
Poland Limanowa 87279 85238 97.7% 1951 2.2% 29 0.0% 0.1% 84048 96.3% 2766 3.2% 43 0.0% 0.5%
Poland Mielec 77465 71272 92.0% 5441 7.0% 48 0.1% 0.9% 69737 90.0% 6457 8.3% 72 0.1% 1.5%
Poland Myślenice 102692 101878 99.2% 770 0.7% 16 0.0% 0.0% 99978 97.4% 2189 2.1% 32 0.0% 0.5%
Poland Nowy Sącz 183867 148329 80.7% 10282 5.6% 24252 13.2% 0.5% 141857 77.2% 15135 8.2% 25060 13.6% 1.0%
Poland Nowy Targ 129489 123877 95.7% 2571 2.0% 2156 1.7% 0.7% 121767 94.0% 4853 3.7% 2296 1.8% 0.4%
Poland Ropczyce 110925 105700 95.3% 5101 4.6% 60 0.1% 0.1% 104033 93.8% 6410 5.8% 136 0.1% 0.3%
Poland Tarnów 142365 124817 87.7% 17307 12.2% 102 0.1% 0.1% 120610 84.7% 21219 14.9% 293 0.2% 0.2%
Poland Wadowice 145143 142852 98.4% 2070 1.4% 53 0.0% 0.1% 140469 96.8% 3665 2.5% 125 0.1% 0.6%
Poland Żywiec 130949 129747 99.1% 915 0.7% 19 0.0% 0.2% 127685 97.5% 2245 1.7% 71 0.1% 0.7%
Total former Galicia 8505902 5023763 59.1% 549293 6.5% 2874451 33.8% 0.7% 4326926 50.9% 789886 9.3% 3331884 39.2% 0.7%
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Notes

  1. Includes 40,393 German-speakers or around 0.5% of inhabitants of former Galicia.
  1. Encyclopediaofukraine.com: Volodymyr Kubiyovych, Yaroslav Pasternak, Illya Vytanovych, Arkadiy Zhukovsky.[11]
  2. William McGarvey helped develop a rig in the 1860s or 70s which made his Canadian drilling technology and Canadian drillers famous around the world. John Simon Bergheim and William Henry McGarvey had unsuccessfully searched for oil in Germany under the Continental Oil Company of which McGarvey was the director. They left Germany and began their first drilling in Galicia during 1882 under the company name of McGarvey and Bergheim.[41]
  3. Just after the turn of the century, Bergheim was killed in a taxicab accident in London, England, leaving McGarvey to carry on alone.[41]
  4. Later, Bergheim and McGarvey bought a number of small oil-producing and refining operations and acquired the Apollo Oil Company of Budapest.[41]
  5. In 1909, first in the world for oil production was the United States with 183,171,000 barrels, the Russian Empire was second with 65,970,000 barrels, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was third with 14,933,000 barrels per year due to its significant oil reserves discoveries between 1905 and 1909.[42][44]

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