alxmac 5 | 27 2 Jan 2012 #1ukrainians/ruthenians in poland before ww2?common or not?i see many poles have ukrainian/ruthanian last nameswhere they allowed to move freely within poland?did they settle in greater poland?
ShAlEyNsTfOh 4 | 161 2 Jan 2012 #2they mostly lived in the south-east.belarussians/jews/gypsies in the north-east.
Zman 2 Jan 2012 #3they could live in PL at that time and wherever, if there were funds to resettle. But it wasn't a time when folks could save much, ukies or polies, just as well
OP alxmac 5 | 27 2 Jan 2012 #4my great grandmother born before ww1 was from greater poland and her surname is a Ukrainian one ''pawluk''was it common for Ukrainians to settle in all parts of poland?
gumishu 13 | 6,144 2 Jan 2012 #5it wasn't common for one simple reason - farmers (or peasants) were poor people and pretty tied to their land (if they had enough to feed themselves)
PeterWeg03 2 Jan 2012 #6The Poles were poor and the Ukrainians were far poorer. My father talked about it, the Ukrainians were in battle to eat never mind going on country tours.