Polesia
Polesia
Палессе • Полісся Polesie | |
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Natural and historical region | |
Ubort River near the city of Olevsk (Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine) | |
Countries | Belarus, Poland, Russia and Ukraine |
Polesia, Polissia, Polesie, or Polesye[a] is a natural and historical region in Eastern Europe, including part of Eastern Poland, the Belarus–Ukraine border region.[1]
Extent
One of the largest forest areas on the continent, Polesia is located in the southwestern part of the
Name
The names Polesia/Polissia/Polesye, etc. may reflect the Slavic root les 'forest', and the Slavic prefix po- 'on, in, along'.
History
In ancient times, the areas of today's western and west-central Polesia were inhabited by the people of the Milograd culture, the Neuri.[4]
In the late Middle Ages Polesia became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, following it into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569). Polesia was largely part of Poland from 1921 to 1939, when the country's largest provinces bore that name.[1] Polesia has rarely been a separate administrative unit. However, there was a
Geography
Polesia is a marshy region lining the
Notable tributaries of the Pripyat are the
This region suffered severely from the
Tourism
The Polish part of the region includes the
The wooden architecture structures in the region were added to the
See also
- Museum of Ukrainian home icons
- Radomysl Castle
- Polesian Lowland
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Western Polesie
- FC Polissya Zhytomyr
Further reading
- Пазинич В., Походження Поліських озер та параболічних дюн (Ukrainian)/Пазинич В.Г., Происхождение Полесских озер и параболических дюн (Russian)
- Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Heft 3/2019: Polesia: Modernity in the Marshlands. Interventions and Transformations at the European Periphery from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century Online: Bd. 68 Nr. 3 (2019): Polesia: Modernity in the Marshlands. Interventions and Transformations at the European Periphery from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century | Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
- "Polesie (pp. 579-587)". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 8. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1887. p. 579.
Notes
- Latin: Tractus Polesiensis
References
- ^ a b "Polesie". University at Buffalo, New York. Polish Academic Information Center. Archived from the original on 7 September 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ Alicja Breymeyer. "Presentation of West Polesie Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Belarus/Poland/Ukraine)". Nomination Form prepared in Warsaw, Kyiv and Minsk by National UNESCO-MAB Committees, and introduced to UNESCO in a May 2007 Nomination. West Polesie.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ISBN 0-7503-0670-X.
- ^ David Asheri, Alan B. Lloyd, Aldo Corcella, A commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV , edited by Oswyn Murray, Alfonso Moreno, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, p. 589
- ^ "Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia (Ukrainian Rite)". GCatholic.
- ^ "Zoning of radioactively contaminated territory of Ukraine according to actual regulations". ICRIN. 2004. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Worship wooden architecture (17th -18th centuries) in Polesye - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
External links
- The Official Site of Radomysl Castle Archived 14 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Polisia at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Origin of Polesie lakes and parabolic dunes
- Save Polesia - E40 waterway would destroy biodiversity hotspots and key protected areas, says new report
- Polesia | Wilderness without borders: Protecting one of Europe's largest natural landscapes - Frankfurt Zoological Society