Podlashuks

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Podlashuks

19th century painting "Ruthenians from Podlachia" by Jan Lewicki.
Regions with significant populations
Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships, Poland
Languages
Podlachian (sometimes classified as a subdialect [uk] of Ukrainian or Belarusian), Polish
Religion
Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlachians, Poleshuks

Podlashuks (Podlachian: Пудляшуки, romanized: Pudliashuki; Ukrainian: Підляшани, romanized: Pidliashany; Belarusian: Падляшукі, romanized: Padliashuki; Polish: Podlaszucy) are an East Slavic ethnic group from Podlachia, a historical region in northeastern Poland which includes the Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships. Some Podlashuks identify as Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish, while others identify as a distinct ethnic group.^[1]