Podlashuks ( Podlachian: Пудляшуки, ''Pudliashuki''; ; ; ) are an East Slavic

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from

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, a historical region in northeastern

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which includes the

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and

Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...

s. Some Podlashuks identify as Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish, while others identify as a distinct ethnic group.''Timish Olesiuk'', ''Entsyklopediya ukrayinoznavstva : Slovnykova chastyna'', Naukove tovarystvo imeni Shevchenka. 1970.

Language

Podlashuks traditionally speak the Podlachian microlanguage, alternatively classified as the of Northern Ukrainian.

Religion

Podlashuks in northern Podlachia, located within

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, are mostly

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, while those in southern Podlachia, in

, are mostly

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