Poleshuks

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Poleshuks are an East Slavic ethnic group native to the Polesia region, traditionally inhabiting the borderlands of modern-day Belarus and Ukraine with their own distinct dialects and folk culture.

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Poleshuks canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic people
ethnic group
associatedWith marshland landscapes of Polesia
riverine environments of Polesia
culturalIdentityLinkedTo Polesia wetlands
linked to: Polesia
culturalRegion Polesia
ethnicGroupOf Polesia
ethnographicGroupWithin Belarusians
Ukrainians
ethnoLinguisticGroupOf East Slavs
hasCulture Poleshuk folk culture
hasDialect Poleshuk dialects
hasDistinctFeature distinct dialects
distinct folk culture
hasEthnonym Poleshuk
hasOralTradition Poleshuk folklore
hasSubgroup Belarusian Poleshuks
linked to: Belarusians

Ukrainian Poleshuks
linked to: Poleshuk
hasTraditionalBelief Slavic folk beliefs
hasTraditionalCraft embroidery
weaving
woodworking
hasTraditionalDress Poleshuk folk costume
hasTraditionalHousing wooden rural houses
hasTraditionalMusic Poleshuk folk songs
hasTraditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
fishing
forestry
historicalRegionNowIn Belarus
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
inhabits Belarus
Ukraine
languageFamily East Slavic languages
locatedInBorderlandsOf Belarus
Ukraine
nameDerivedFrom Polesia
nativeTo Polesia region
linked to: Polesia
partOf East Slavic cultural sphere
relatedEthnicGroup Belarusians
Russians
Ukrainians
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Greek Catholicism
traditionallyRural true
traditionalRegion Polesia
usesWritingSystem Cyrillic script

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