Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia (, Galicia (Central Europe), , , , , , , ) is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine. The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk. Throughout history the term has been used to denote widely varying territories and has various meaning among different groups.

“Galicia (Central Europe)” is strongly related to:

Ruthenians Halych Volhynia Galicia-Volhynia Lviv Agenor Gołuchowski (father) Daniel of Galicia Roman the Great Hungarian people Casimir III of Poland Austria-Hungary Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Counts of Galicia and Poland Lodomeria Lev I of Galicia Zator Ukrainians Poland Ukrainian Russophiles Paul Robert Magocsi Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 Kraków Galician Soviet Socialist Republic Boryslav Rurik Dynasty Ruthenian Oświęcim Sejm of the Republic of Poland Ternopil Oblast Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Andrew II of Hungary Vladimir I of Kiev Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Lesser Poland Ternopil Ivano-Frankivsk Przemyśl Podolia Lviv Oblast Great Moravia

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