Ruś polska – synopsis

• Authors: Koźbiał Jan

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Ruś polska – synopsis

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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The article is aimed at introducing the brief recapitulation of the history of Polish Rus’. This history begins from Mieszko I of Poland (Red Ruthenia or Red Rus’ – that was as a matter of fact the residence of the Polish tribes). Gradually the Polish dominion (The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland) was stretched out on the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia (during the reign of Casimir the Great), and after the Union of Lublin – on the Volhynia and the rest of territories that belong to Ukraine. During the second Rzeczpospolita (The second Commonwealth of Poland) Polish Rus’ encompassed the Volhynia and the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia (Galicia – Eastern Małopolska, e.g. Lesser Poland). After 1945 the Polish Rus’ got separated from Poland (except Red Ruthenia or Red Rus’).

Keywords

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Polish Rus’; Principality of Galicia-Volhynia Ukraine; the second Commonwealth of Poland; Red Ruthenia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studia Interkulturowe Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 9
• Pages: 37-59

Contributors

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Koźbiał Jan

• Uniwersytet Warszawski