Boykos

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Boykos are a distinct East Slavic highlander ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the Carpathian Mountains region of western Ukraine and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Boykos canonical 5
Bojkos 1
Boyko 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic people
ethnic group
affectedBy Operation Vistula
alternativeName Boikos
Boykos
surface form: Bojkos

Bojky
country Poland
Slovakia
Ukraine
culturalHeritage polyphonic singing
wooden churches
culturalRegion Eastern Carpathians
surface form: Ukrainian Carpathians
ethnicGroupOf Ukraine
ethnicSubgroupOf Ukrainians
ethnonym Boykos self-link
folklore Carpathian legends
ritual songs
historicalEvent population transfers after World War II
language Boyko dialect
languageFamily East Slavic languages
Ukrainian language
neighboringEthnicGroups Rusyns
surface form: Hutsuls

Lemko people
surface form: Lemkos
recognizedAsMinorityIn Poland
relatedEthnicGroup Rusyns
Rusyns
surface form: Ruthenians
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Greek Catholics
surface form: Greek Catholicism
traditionalCulture Carpathian highlanders
surface form: Carpathian highlander culture
traditionalDress embroidered shirts
sheepskin coats
traditionalHousing log cabins
wooden houses
traditionalInstrument cymbaly
trembita
violin
traditionalMusic Carpathian folk music
traditionalOccupation agriculture
forestry
highland pastoralism
traditionalRegion Carpathian Mountains
Eastern Poland
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Lviv region
surface form: Lviv Oblast

Eastern Slovakia
surface form: Northeastern Slovakia

Zakarpattia Oblast
surface form: Transcarpathia

Western Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rusyns relatedEthnicity Boykos
Boykos ethnonym Boykos self-link
Boykos alternativeName Boykos
this entity surface form: Bojkos
Sanok hasEthnicHeritage Boykos
this entity surface form: Boyko