Western Ukraine

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historical region of Ukraine

Western Ukraine is a historically and culturally distinct region of Ukraine known for its strong Ukrainian national identity, rich traditions, and significant role in the country’s political and cultural life.

Aliases (1)
Statements (58)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region of Ukraine →
borders Belarus →
Hungary →
Poland →
Romania →
Slovakia →
country Ukraine →
culturalCenter Lviv →
dominantLanguage Ukrainian →
dominantReligion Eastern Christianity →
economyIncludes agriculture →
light industry →
tourism →
geographyIncludes Carpathian Mountains →
forest landscapes →
river valleys →
hasEthnicMajority ethnic Ukrainians →
hasMinority Hungarians →
Jews →
Poles →
Roma →
Romanians →
hasPart Chernivtsi →
Chernivtsi Oblast →
Ivano-Frankivsk →
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast →
Khmelnytskyi →
Khmelnytskyi Oblast →
Lutsk →
Lviv →
Lviv Oblast →
Rivne →
Rivne Oblast →
Ternopil →
Ternopil Oblast →
Uzhhorod →
Volyn Oblast →
Zakarpattia Oblast →
hasSignificantChurch Orthodox Church of Ukraine →
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church →
historicallyRuledBy Austro-Hungarian Empire →
Poland →
Russian Empire →
Soviet Union →
historicalRegionIncludes Bukovina →
Galicia →
Podolia →
Transcarpathia →
Volhynia →
knownFor active civil society →
rich folk traditions →
strong Ukrainian national identity →
vibrant cultural life →
locatedIn Eastern Europe →
partOf Ukraine →
playedRoleIn Euromaidan →
Orange Revolution →
Ukrainian national movement →
Referenced by (21)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Brzeżany ("western Ukraine") →
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul →
District of Galicia ("western Ukraine") →
House of Kosach family (Lesya Ukrainka’s family home) →
Lutsk National Technical University →
Lwów →
Lwów Opera →
Styr River ("western Ukraine") →
locatedIn
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ("western Ukraine") →
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland →
location
Luc’k →
University of Lviv →
region
Treaty of Riga →
definedStatusOf
Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking ("western Ukraine") →
hasRegionalVariationsIn
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church →
historicalCenter
Holy Trinity Cathedral (Lutsk) →
locatedInRegion
Ukrainians →
nativeRegion
Right-bank Ukraine →
partOf
Luck (Polish) →
regionContext
Our Ukraine →
regionOfStrongSupport
Dniester →
sourceRegion
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