Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland

The main objective of this paper is to present the national and religious heritage of the Eastern Borderlands in contemporary Poland. The paper deals with the genesis and selected aspects of the spatial development of the ethnic and religious minorities (mainly Tartars-Muslims, Karaites and Armenian...

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Main Author: Andrzej Rykała
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2013-07-01
Series:European Spatial Research and Policy
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/esrap/article/view/7259
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spelling doaj-2f5702612e074a1ea1caebd21adfe1e92020-11-25T03:37:01ZengLodz University PressEuropean Spatial Research and Policy1231-19521896-15252013-07-01201497110.2478/esrp-2013-00037259Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary PolandAndrzej Rykała0Department of Political Geography and Regional Studies, University of Łódź, 90-142 Łódź, ul. Kopcińskiego 31, PolandThe main objective of this paper is to present the national and religious heritage of the Eastern Borderlands in contemporary Poland. The paper deals with the genesis and selected aspects of the spatial development of the ethnic and religious minorities (mainly Tartars-Muslims, Karaites and Armenians) that date back to the eastern areas of the former Republic (including the territories of Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine) but, due to the post-war border changes and migrations, formed clusters in contemporary Poland and organized various forms of group life.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/esrap/article/view/7259ethno-religious heritageethnic minoritiesreligious minoritiestartars-muslimskaraitesarmenianseastern borderlands
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author Andrzej Rykała
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Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland
European Spatial Research and Policy
ethno-religious heritage
ethnic minorities
religious minorities
tartars-muslims
karaites
armenians
eastern borderlands
author_facet Andrzej Rykała
author_sort Andrzej Rykała
title Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland
title_short Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland
title_full Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland
title_fullStr Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland
title_full_unstemmed Ethno-Religious Heritage of Former Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Poland
title_sort ethno-religious heritage of former eastern territories of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth in contemporary poland
publisher Lodz University Press
series European Spatial Research and Policy
issn 1231-1952
1896-1525
publishDate 2013-07-01
description The main objective of this paper is to present the national and religious heritage of the Eastern Borderlands in contemporary Poland. The paper deals with the genesis and selected aspects of the spatial development of the ethnic and religious minorities (mainly Tartars-Muslims, Karaites and Armenians) that date back to the eastern areas of the former Republic (including the territories of Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine) but, due to the post-war border changes and migrations, formed clusters in contemporary Poland and organized various forms of group life.
topic ethno-religious heritage
ethnic minorities
religious minorities
tartars-muslims
karaites
armenians
eastern borderlands
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/esrap/article/view/7259
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