As a result of the post-war resettlement (1944–1946) to the areas of the Ukrainian SSR , then to the so-called recovered territories, as part of the „Vistula Action” (1947), the area of Orthodox Lemkos’ religious life ...

Podlasie, a historical and geographical region in eastern Poland, has been for centuries a political and national borderland where Polish, Lithuanian, Belorussian and Ukrainian ethnic elements intermingled. This resulted ...

The contribution of Poles to colonization and development of the Cape Colony is not commonly known. Yet, Poles have been appearing in this colony since its very inception (1652). During the entire period here considered ...

This paper presents the political and cultural spectrum and an outline of the history of Catalonia. The work covers the period from the eighth century to the present times, highlighting 300 years of continuous efforts ...

The Kaliningrad Oblast is one of 89 subjects in the Russian Federation. New self governmental authorities, applying European standards, were introduced here by the federal law passed in 1995. The top legislative body in ...

This article concerns the definitions, worldwide views and Polish literature on the nature of cultural, administrative and political landscape and in this context discusses the nature and functioning of the political region. ...