Podlashuks

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.

This article is about the East Slavic ethnic group native to Podlachia. For the Polish sub-ethnic group native to Podlachia, see Podlachians.
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 of Ukrainian or Belarusian), Polish
Religion
Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlachians, Poleshuks
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