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In the 19th century, the area inhabited by Ruthenians, as the
Ukrainians were then known, was divided between Russia and the
Austrian Empire. Austria got Galicia after the partition of
Poland in 1772. Territory was later added, including the Duchy of
Bukovina. From 1815, the former Polish possessions of Austria
were known as the Kingdom of Galicia and
Lodomeria. Ukrainians were a majority only in the eastern
parts of this kingdom.
Jan Oskar Engene, 7 September 1996
The area known as Galicia (Polish: Halicz ,Russian: Galich or
Galitsiya) is a former Austrian crownland in East central Europe;
30,645 square miles; included Northern slopes of Carpathian
mountains and the valleys of upper Vistula and upper
Dniester, Bug, and Seret rivers.
History: From 6th century A.D. inhabited by Slavs