Encyclopedia - Polonization: Encyclopedia Ii - Polonization - Second Polish Republic
During the times of Second Polish Republic, when Poland regained territories of Western Belarus, Western Ukraine and the Wilno region, li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglicisation: Encyclopedia - Anglicisation
Anglicisation (CwE) or Anglicization (NAE and CwE) is a process of making something English. For example, people may be Anglicised: an im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russification: Encyclopedia Ii - Russification - History
One of the examples of Russification was replacement of the Polish language by Russian in areas of Poland-Lithuania after the Partitions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Poland - History
The style and personality of Polish life has been shaped over a thousand years. The national culture developed at the crossroads of the L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainization: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainization - Ukrainization After The Russian Revolution
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Russian Empire was broken up. In different parts of the former empire, several nations, inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglicisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglicisation - Anglicisation In Language
There are two primary types of Anglicisation in language: Anglicising non-English words for use in the English language, and Anglicising ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanisation - Historical Germanisation
In wider sense, Germanisation refers to the process of acculturation of Slavic speakers and Baltic speakers, populating, after conquests ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - History
The creation of the Commonwealth by the Union of Lublin in 1569 was one of the signal achievements of Sigismund II Augustus, last king of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russification: Encyclopedia Ii - Russification - Soviet Union
Karelia, Chechnya and Tatarstan republics of Russia also tried to switch their alphabets to Latin, but the Latin alphabet was officially ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainians: Encyclopedia - Ukrainians
Russia:   2,860,0001[1] Canada:   1,071,0601[2] USA:   890,0001[3] Brazil:   550,0001[4] Kazakhst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language
Ukrainian (украї́нська мо́ва, ukrayins'ka mova, [ukraˈjinsʲka ˈmɔva]) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westernisation: Encyclopedia - Westernisation
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Assimilation: Encyclopedia - Cultural Assimilation
Cultural Assimilation, or assimilation (also had other meanings) for short, is an intense process of conistent integration whereby memebe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainization: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainization - De-russification
On 28th of October 1989 the Supreme Soviet of Ukrainian SSR changed the Constitution and adopted the Law on Languages. The Ukrainian lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces And Geography
The lands that once belonged to the Commonwealth are now largely distributed among several Central and East European countries: Poland, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy
The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture based on exploitation of agricultural workforce (serfs). Typically a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russification: Encyclopedia Ii - Russification - Present Times
Many people allege that Russification policies continue in other ex-Soviet territories, mainly in Belarus under Lukashenka's government a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - State Organization And Politics
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military. Commonwealth armies were commanded by four hetmans. The armies comprised: Wojs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture
The Commonwealth was one of the important European sites for the development of modern social and political ideas. It was famous for its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy
The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture. Typically a nobleman's landholding comprised a folwark, a large farm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westernisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Westernisation - Definition Of The West
Main article: Western civilization Westernisation - Territorial. The West was originally defined as Western Europe, but most modern use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Pereyaslav: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Pereyaslav - Historical Consequences
Whatever the nature of the treaty, the consequences were more clear over time. Major consequences of the treaty included the separation o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainians: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainians - History
Ukraine had a very turbulent history, a fact explained by its geographical position. Up to the fifteenth century, Ukrainians were part of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Latin Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Latin Alphabet - History
Ukrainian was occasionally written in the Latin alphabet as far back as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in publications using th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - History
Ukrainian language - Perspective. Before the eighteenth century the precursor to the modern Ukrainian language was a vernacular languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Belarus - Early History
The history of Belarus, or, more correctly of the Belarusian ethnicity, begins with the migration and expansion of the Slavic peoples thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Independent Interwar Lithuania 1918-1940
History of Lithuania - Freedom wars 1918-1922. The term "Freedom wars" refers to the three wars Lithuania was fighting to defend its te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - History
Ukrainian language - Perspective. Before the eighteenth century the precursor to the modern Ukrainian language was a vernacular languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Assimilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cultural Assimilation - Minority Cultures
Assimilation can have negative implications for national minorities or aboriginal cultures, in that after assimilation the distinctive fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - History
Poland began to form into a recognizable unitary and territorial entity around the middle of the 10th century under the Piast dynasty. Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Russophobia - Politics
Dislike of Russians, which is sometimes described as Russophobia, is sometimes a backlash of the policy of Russification in the times of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - History Of Ukrainian Literature
The literary Ukrainian language, which was preceded by Old East Slavic literature, may be subdivided into three stages: old Ukrainian (tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - Current Usage
The Ukrainian language is currently emerging from a long period of decline. Although there are almost fifty million ethnic Ukrainians wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - Language Structure
Ukrainian language - Comparative grammar. Old East Slavic (and Russian) o in many cases corresponds to Ukrainian i, as in pod->pid "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Russophobia - International
"Need, hunger, lack of comfort have been a lot of Russians for centuries. No false compassion, as their stomaches are perfectly extensibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Belarus - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth
The Lublin Union of 1569 constituted the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as an influential player in European politics and the largest mul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Belarus - 20th Century
History of Belarus - BNR and LBSSR. Main articles: Belarus National Republic and Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Russophobia - Religious Aspects
Russophobia is closely connected with religious aspects. In the centuries following the East-West Schism of 1054, the Roman Catholic Chur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Belarus - Russian Empire
Under Russian administration, the territory of Belarus was divided into the guberniyas of Minsk, Vitebsk, Mogilyov, and Hrodno. Belarusia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Belarus - Republic Of Belarus
On 27 July 1990, Belarus declared its national sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the Soviet Union. The BSSR was formally r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Russophobia - Examples Of Russophobia
Persecution and ethnic cleansing of ethnic Russians in the Caucasus has been going on for almost 2 decades now. Recently, terrorist atta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - Economy
Since its return to democracy, Poland has steadfastly pursued a policy of liberalising the economy and today stands out as one of the mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - World War Ii 1940-1945
History of Lithuania - First Soviet occupation 1940-1941. Despite having a non-aggression pact signed and in force, Soviet Russia gave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Soviet Occupation 1944-1990
History of Lithuania - Stalinism. The mass deportation campaigns of 1941-52 exiled 29,923 families to Siberia and other remote parts of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Independent Modern Lithuania 1990-2004
History of Lithuania - Struggle for independence 1990-1991. In 1990, Sąjūdis-backed candidates won the elections to the Lithuanian S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Imperial Russian Occupation 1795-1914
History of Lithuania - Domination of Russia. Following the third partition, the Russian Empire controlled the majority of Lithuania. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth 1569-1795
History of Lithuania - Early years of new state. With the Lublin Union of 1569 Poland and Lithuania formed a new state: the Republic of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Before Statehood
History of Lithuania - Baltic tribes. The first Lithuanians, or Liths, were a branch of an ancient group known as the Balts, whose trib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Grand Duchy Of Lithuania
History of Lithuania - Pagan Lithuania. In the early 13th century, two German religious orders, the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - Name
Poland's official name in Polish is Rzeczpospolita Polska. The names of the country, Polska, and of the nationality, the Poles, are of Sl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - Politics
Poland is a democratic republic. Its current constitution dates from 1997. The government structure centres on the Council of Ministers, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - History Of Ukrainian Literature
The literary Ukrainian language, which was preceded by the Old East Slavic literature, may be subdivided into three stages: old Ukrainian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - Current Usage
The Ukrainian language is currently emerging from a long period of decline. Although there are almost fifty million ethnic Ukrainians wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westernisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Westernisation - Consequences
Westernisation - America. Due to the European colonization, the American continent has gradually assimilated the European languages. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westernisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Westernisation - Process Of Westernization
Westernisation - Colonization 1492-1960s. Main article: Colonialism From 1492 onward, European imperialism and colonialism spread grad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - Geography
The Polish landscape consists almost entirely of the lowlands of the North European Plain, at an average height of 173 metres (568 ft), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - Science Technology And Education
The education of Polish society was a goal of rulers as early as the 12th century. The library catalog of the Cathedral Chapter of Krakó...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukrainian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukrainian Language - Language Structure
Ukrainian language - Comparative grammar. Old East Slavic (and Russian) o in many cases corresponds to Ukrainian i, as in pod->pid "...   » Read the article