Podlashuks
Пудляшуки | |
|---|---|
19th century painting "Ruthenians from Podlachia" by Jan Lewicki. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships, Poland | |
| Languages | |
| Podlachian (sometimes classified as a subdialect of Ukrainian or Belarusian), Polish | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlachians, Poleshuks |
Podlashuks (Podlachian: Пудляшуки, romanized: Pudliashuki; Ukrainian: Підляшани, romanized: Pidliashany; Belarusian: Падляшукі, romanized: Padliashuki; Polish: Podlaszucy) are an East Slavic ethnic group from Podlachia, a historical region in northeastern Poland which includes the Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships. Some Podlashuks identify as Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish, while others identify as a distinct ethnic group.