Historically, Slovaks settled in Ukraine in two stages. At the end of the 18th century, the first of them - the Liptaks - came to Velykyi Bereznyi, a village that was then part of Austria-Hungary and now located in Zakarpattia. The Slovak community of Zakarpattia originates from here. The other Slovak settlers, responding to a Soviet campaign, moved from Czechoslovakia to Volyn after World War II, in search of a better life. Today, according to various sources, there are from six to seventeen thousand Slovaks in Ukraine, and the majority of them live in Zakarpattia. Here they have a Slovak school, a Slovak language television and a radio broadcast, dance Slovak folk dances and follow Slovak traditions.
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29 авг 2020
