Boykos

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Boykos are a distinct East Slavic highlander ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the Carpathian Mountains region of western Ukraine and neighboring areas.

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Label Occurrences
Boykos canonical 5
Bojkos 1
Boyko 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic people
ethnic group
affectedBy Operation Vistula
alternativeName Boikos
Bojkos
linked to: Boykos

Bojky
country Poland
Slovakia
Ukraine
culturalHeritage polyphonic singing
wooden churches
culturalRegion Ukrainian Carpathians
linked to: Eastern Carpathians
ethnicGroupOf Ukraine
ethnicSubgroupOf Ukrainians
ethnonym Boykos
folklore Carpathian legends
ritual songs
historicalEvent population transfers after World War II
language Boyko dialect
languageFamily East Slavic languages
Ukrainian language
neighboringEthnicGroups Hutsuls
linked to: Rusyns

Lemkos
linked to: Lemko people
recognizedAsMinorityIn Poland
relatedEthnicGroup Rusyns
Ruthenians
linked to: Rusyns
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Greek Catholicism
linked to: Greek Catholics
traditionalCulture Carpathian highlander culture
traditionalDress embroidered shirts
sheepskin coats
traditionalHousing log cabins
wooden houses
traditionalInstrument cymbaly
trembita
violin
traditionalMusic Carpathian folk music
traditionalOccupation agriculture
forestry
highland pastoralism
traditionalRegion Carpathian Mountains
Eastern Poland
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Lviv Oblast
linked to: Lviv region

Northeastern Slovakia
linked to: Eastern Slovakia

Transcarpathia
linked to: Zakarpattia Oblast

Western Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast

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