Czechs in Ukraine

Czechs in Ukraine
Czech chapel in Bohemka, built in 1996
Total population
5,917 (2001)-11,000
Regions with significant populations
Zhytomyr, Lutsk
Languages
Czech, Ukrainian, Russian
Religion
Predominately Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Slovaks in Ukraine

Czechs in Ukraine are ethnic Czechs or their descendants that reside in Ukraine. Particularly, Volhynian Czechs (Czech: Volyňští Češi) settled mostly in the Volhynia Governorate of the Russian Empire, in the second half of the 19th century.

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