On Mar 4, 2006, at 4:00 AM, Bob Paulson wrote: > There is a fine map of Galicia on the FEEFHS site at: > > feefhs.org/maps/ah/ah-galic.html > > Yes, it is very fine indeed - I had no idea Galicia extended as far west as the Tatra! and Lavrentiy Krupniak wrote: > Belarusians are White Ruthenians. That's interesting, as my relative tells me that the Ukrainians think White Ruthenians are Ukrainians! I am beginning to think, based on all this information, that "Galicia" is just an old word for "miscellaneous"! Dan Killoran

Hello Dan, Galicia (or Galizien in German) comes from the term Halychyna (Galichina). Halychyna was one of the prinicpalities of Kievan Rus' empire. Kievan Rus' was the largest and maybe the most properous nation-state in all of Europe during the 9th-13th centuries. We (Americans, western Europeans, etc.) don't know these facts because European history taught in schools emphasize Western European history. Kievan Rus' was dismantled during the mid-13th C. during the invasions of the Mongol-Tatars. The Mongols made it to the Adriatic Sea and to Prussia. Regarding Ukrainians thinking that Belarusians are Ukrainians, they also believe that Russians are Ukrainians too! ;-) ______ Lavrentiy Krupniak "Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D." wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2006, at 4:00 AM, Bob Paulson wrote: > > > There is a fine map of Galicia on the FEEFHS site at: > > > > feefhs.org/maps/ah/ah-galic.html > > > > > > Yes, it is very fine indeed - I had no idea Galicia extended as far > west as the Tatra! > > and Lavrentiy Krupniak wrote: > > > Belarusians are White Ruthenians. > > That's interesting, as my relative tells me that the Ukrainians think > White Ruthenians are Ukrainians! > > I am beginning to think, based on all this information, that > "Galicia" is just an old word for "miscellaneous"! > > Dan Killoran