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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 The use of both Ruthenian and Ukrainian language was banned in government agencies in 1924 and support was steadily withdrawn from non-Polish schools. | 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 The use of both Ruthenian and Ukrainian language was banned in government agencies in 1924 and support was steadily withdrawn from non-Polish schools.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=== | ===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. | 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. The official language was Russian, which was never spoken in the territory before. A great number of a native population was forced to move to Siberia and other eastern parts of the Soviet Union, while Russians and Ukrainians settled in the land. Despite this, Ruthenian-speaking population remained the majority, while Polish speakers being the largest minority. | ||
From 1941 to 1961 Galicia was an autonomous region of Poland. During this time Polish became an official language of the region, while Ruthenian became the recognized minority language. However, this was the period of a major economic depression and Ruthenian people had very little resourses for the development of education. Many people fled from the area during first years of autonomy, while a great number of Ruthenian-speaking population moved to former eastern German territories which were lost after World War II. Some were even forced to resettle there from densely populated Ruthenian towns and villages in order to reduce their percentage in East Galicia. | |||
[[Category:Ruthenian]] | [[Category:Ruthenian]] | ||