![]() It is first attested in AD 981, when Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus conquered the Red Ruthenian strongholds in his military campaign on the border with the land of Lendians. According to the Nestor – Primary Chronicle tribe of Lendians were 'Lachy' ( Lechites) and their Duke Wlodzislav took part in dealing with Byzantine empire together with the Rus. It was settled by tribes of Western Slavs – Lendians. In early medieval times the western territory of what is now Ukraine ( Eastern Galicia) was known as Red Ruthenia. The settlement of Poles became common there after the Polish–Lithuanian peace treaty signed in 1366 between Casimir III the Great of Poland, and Liubartas of Lithuania. ![]() In Late Middle Ages, following the extinction of the Rurik dynasty in 1323, the Kingdom of Poland extended east in 1340 to include the lands of Przemyśl and in 1366, Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec Podolski). The history of Polish settlement in current territory of Ukraine dates back to 1030–31. The Polish minority in Ukraine officially numbers about 144,130 (according to the 2001 census), of whom 21,094 (14.6%) speak Polish as their first language. Zakarpattia Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Concert of Polish Children Choir in the Lviv Roman Catholic cathedralġ44,130 (2001 census) – 2,000,000 (Polish estimates) ![]()
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