The Ukrainians in Slovakia form a small minority in the country.

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

share a border, and eastern Slovakia has traditionally had several Ukrainian villages in the

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(many of which are still there). The town of

Svidník Svidník ( hu, Felsővízköz, german: Oberswidnik, rue, Свідник, uk, Свидник) is a town in eastern Slovakia, the capital of the Svidník District in the Prešov Region. It has a population of around 11,000. There is a monumental ...

is generally regarded as the capital of the Ukrainians in Slovakia, and has a museum dedicated to Ukrainian culture.Government of Slovakia- website (English)
/ref> Although Ukraine shares a border with Slovakia and not the

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, the latter has far more Ukrainians (over ten times as much) than Slovakia due to an immigration boom.

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{{Portal bar, Slovakia, Ukraine Ethnic groups in Slovakia

Ukrainian diaspora in Europe

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