- Ruś Szlachtowska
Ruś Szlachtowska ("Shlakhtov Ruthenia") was a name introduced in 1930s by Prof.
Roman Reinfuss to denote the region surrounding four villages(Biała andCzarna Woda ,Jaworki andSzlachtowa ) inGrajcarek valley inPieniny mountains in southernPoland .The region was westernmost area inhabited by
Lemko s. It was separated from the rest ofLemkivshchyna with Polish-dominatedPoprad valley which led to isolation of the local population and it gradual assimilation withPoles andSlovaks , untilOperation Wisła of 1947, when the Lemkos were deported together withUkrainians to other areas of Poland and toSoviet Union . Since then, the villages of Jaworki and Szlachtowa were gradually settled by Polish population fromPodhale andSpisz , and the remaining two villages do not exist today.External links
* [http://www.jaworki.skpb.lodz.pl/okol_rus.html An essay about Ruś Szlachtowska] pl icon
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