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[[File:United_Austrian_States_Map.png|thumb| 15 autonomous states were created in 1906 in order to stabilize the kingdom and reduce nationality conflicts]] | [[File:United_Austrian_States_Map.png|thumb| 15 autonomous states were created in 1906 in order to stabilize the kingdom and reduce nationality conflicts]] | ||
===After WWI=== | ===After WWI=== | ||
The United Austrian States was defeated by the [[w:Allies of World War I|Allies of World War I]]. The peace agreement between the it and the Allies resulted in the country breaking into different independent states. East Galicia also became independent in 1918, however the period of independence was brief (from 1918 to 1921) after which it became a part Poland. | The United Austrian States was defeated by the [[w:Allies of World War I|Allies of World War I]]. The peace agreement between the it and the Allies resulted in the country breaking into different independent states. East Galicia also became independent in 1918, however the period of independence was brief (from 1918 to 1921) after which it became a part Poland. An agreement to unite East Galicia with Ukraine was made as early as December 1, 1918, but Ukrainian People's Republic ceased to exist soon after that and the unification did not happen. Despite that, a majority of Galician Ruthenians continued supporting the idea of a single Ukrainian nation and some of them started calling themselves Ukrainians. | ||
Since 1921 East Galicia became a part of the territory called ''Kresy wschodnie'' in Polish. The Polish government carried out an active policy of Polonization in these territories, and as a result, in the southeastern part of the Kresy, conflicts with Ruthenians (or Ukrainians as these people started calling themselves more frequently after WWI) were frequent. The use of both Ruthenian and Ukrainian language was banned in government agencies in 1924 and support was steadily withdrawn from non-Polish schools. | |||
===After WWII=== | |||
In 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east and annexed Eastern Galicia. A puppet state, called [[w:Galician Soviet Socialist Republic|Galician Soviet Socialist Republic]], was created that year and lasted until 1941, when Nazi Germany occupied the teritory. During this time Polish, Ukrainian and Yiddish were national languages of the state, as Ruthenian was not considered separate from Ukrainian by the Soviet government. | |||
[[Category:Ruthenian]] | [[Category:Ruthenian]] | ||