Poles in Lithuania

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Polish minority in Lithuania (Polish: Polacy na Litwie) numbers 234,989 persons, and at 6.74% of the population of Lithuania (the current population of Lithuania (Polish: Litwa) is estimated at approximately 3,350,400 people), it forms the largest ethnic minority in modern Lithuania and one of the largest Polish diaspora groups in a former Soviet republic. Poles are concentrated in the Vilnius Region (Polish: Wile szczyzna). People of Polish ethnicity have lived on the territory of modern Lithuania for many centuries. The relationship between the two groups is long and complex. The countries were united during the era of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but this ended after that state was partitioned in the late 18th century. Both countries succeeded in regaining their independence in the wake of World War I, but hostilities over the ownership of Vilnius (Polish: Wilno) and the surrounding region, broke out in 1920.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130378134
• ISBN-10: 6130378130
• Artikelnr.: 28416569