Podolyans ( uk, Подоляни, pl, Podolanie) is one of Ukrainian ethnographic groups given to the people who populated the region of

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

. In the 19th century,

Gustave Le Bon Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon (; 7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a leading French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics. He is best known for his 1895 work '' The Crow ...

has found them to extend as far West as

Tatra Mountains The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak language, Slovak () or in Polish language, Polish () - ''plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovak ...

, named "Podolians". The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 21, pp
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File:National costum from Podolya.JPG, National costume of Podolia (

Medzhybizh Medzhybizh, previously known as Mezhybozhe, population 1,731, (Census 2001) ( uk, Меджибіж, russian: Меджибож, Translit: ''Medzhibozh'', pl, Międzybóż, german: Medschybisch, yi, מעזשביזש, translit. ''Mezhbizh'') is ...

) File:Podolany 1864. J. Kossak. Z jarmaky.jpg, Podolyans from the fair, painting by

Juliusz Kossak Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (Nowy Wiśnicz, 15 December 1824 – 3 February 1899, Kraków) was an Austrian Polish historical painter and master illustrator who specialized in battle scenes, military portraits and horses. He was the progenitor of an ...

, 1864 File:Podolany . J. Kossak. Poludenok 1862.jpg, Podolyans, a lunch, painting by

, 1862 File:Girl from Podolye by V.Tropinin (b. 1821, Kursk).jpg, A lady from Podolia, painting by

Vasily Tropinin Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (russian: Васи́лий Андре́евич Тропи́нин; – ) was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf; he didn't attain his freedom until he was more than forty years old. ...

File:MaszkowskiJan.WKarczmieNaPodolu.jpg, In tavern (korchma) in Podolia, painting by

Jan Maszkowski Jan Kanty Ignacy Maszkowski (1794–1865) was a Polish painter; known for portraits, history and genre paintings. Life and work He displayed artistic skills from an early age. A local landowner named Jozef Levitzky took note and helped him enroll ...

File:J. H. 8 Podolians.jpg, Podolians from

Chortkiv Chortkiv ( uk, Чортків; pl, Czortków; yi, ''Chortkov'') is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local adminis ...

county File:Подільські писанки.jpg,

Pysanka The tradition of egg decoration in Slavic cultures originated in pagan times,Kazimierz Moszyński – Kultura ludowa Słowian, Kraków 1929Anna Zadrożyńska – Powtarzać czas początku, Warsaw 1985, and was transformed by the process of ...

from Podolia File:J. H. 9 Podolians.jpg, Podolians from

Skalat Skálat (; pl, Skałat, links=no, yi, סקאלאט, Skalat) is a town in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast (Oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skalat urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Popula ...

, near

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

File:Rusini1836.jpg, Rusyns of Carpathians, Halych, and Podolia

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Old photos of villages
Newspaper "Podolyanyn". Slavic ethnic groups Podolia Ethnic groups in Ukraine East Slavs {{Ethno-stub

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