- Polekhs
Polekhs are a sub
ethnic group ofRussians settled along theDesna River andSeym River and mixed with local populations ofBelarusians andLithuanians . Most of them retained theRussian Orthodox religion , with some turning toRoman Catholicism . [Olson, James Stuart. "An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires". Greenwood Press, 1994. ISBN 0-313-27497-5, [http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader?asin=0313274975&pageID=S07R&checkSum=AoLkJzpPdGiNMHLOByGQQ6%20WUGCA/q3myr0CcwN4s5c=# p. 554] ]References
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