Poleshuks

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Poleshuks

Poleshuks from Kobryn (1916)
Regions with significant populations
Belarus	14,000[1]
Ukraine	9,000[2][3]
Languages
West Polesian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlashuks

The Poleshuks,^[2] or Polishchuks, also known as Polesians (Ukrainian: поліщуки, romanized: polishchuky, Belarusian: палешукі, romanized: paleshuki, Russian: полещуки, romanized: poleshchuki, Polish: Poleszucy) are the indigenous population of Polesia (also known as Polesie and Polissia).^[2] Their native speech forms a dialect continuum between the Belarusian and Ukrainian languages and includes recently codified West Polesian, as well as many local variations and sub-dialects.^[4]