batch_1778872807 20260515222007000 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research esu@esu.com.ua National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research Entsyklopedychnyi visnyk Ukrainy [The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine] Entsykl. visn. Ukr. 2706-9990 2707-000X 2023 15 Jarosław Syrnyk University of Wrocław, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-5120 The article briefly reviews the representatives of the Ukrainian community in Poland with an emphasis on the post-war period, when many Ukrainians ended up in a neighboring state due to the Second World War, and especially due to the deportation of a part of Ukrainians from their ethnic lands caused by the Operation Vistula. The author shows, Ukrainians in Poland did not undergo complete assimilation, on the contrary, Ukrainians have preserved their national identity. Figures who, thanks to their actions and works, contributed to the unification of Ukrainians, contributed to the unification of Ukrainians, the preservation of the Ukrainian language, education, culture, and traditions, can be considered prominent representatives of the Ukrainian people, and therefore should be the focus of attention of specialists in encyclopedia practice and biography studies. The state of academic studies of Ukrainian figures in Poland is outlined as well. The article content is presented by the chronological principle. The author also resorts to grouping personalities according to their social and political activities, belonging to this or that society or other Ukrainian minority groups. 2023 25 33 10.37068/evu.15.3 https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/article/109 https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/doi/10.37068/evu.15.3.pdf Drozd, R. (2001). Polityka władz wobec ludności ukraińskiej w Polsce w latach 1944–1989. Warszawa: Tyrsa [in Polish]. Hałagida, I. (2005). Prowokacja „Zenona”. Geneza, przebieg i skutki operacji MBP o kryptonimie “C-1” przeciwko banderowskiej frakcji OUN i wywiadowi brytyjskiemu (1950–1954). Warszawa [in Polish]. Hałagida, I. (2008). “Szpieg Watykanu”. Kapłan greckokatolicki ks. Bazyli Hrynyk (1896–1977). Warszawa [in Polish]. Halczak, B. (2014). Dzieje Łemków od średniowiecza do współczesności. Warszawa: Tyrsa [in Polish]. Huk, B. (Ed.). (1994-1998). Zakerzonnia. Spomyny voiakiv UPA (t. 1-4). Varshava: Ukrainskyi arkhiv [in Ukrainian]. Huk, B. (Ed.). 1947. Propamiatna knyha. Varshava: Tyrsa [in Ukrainian]. Kolańczuk, A. (2015). “Umarli, aby zmartwychwstała Ukraina”: miejsca pamięci Ukraińców – uczestników walk niepodległościowych w latach 1917–1921 w Polsce. Przemyśl [in Polish]. Misiło, E. (2022). Obóz “Jaworzno”. Zbrodnia nieukarana. Ukraińcy i Polacy w Centralnym Obozie Pracy Jaworzno (1947–1949). Archiwum Ukraińskie, Jesionowo [in Polish]. Misiło, E. (Ed.). (1993). Akcja “Wisła”. Dokumenty. Warszawa: Archiwum Ukraińskie [in Polish]. Misylo, Y. (Ed.). (1995). Povstanski mohyly. Propamiatna knyha vpavshykh na poli slavy voiakiv Ukrainskoi Povstanskoi Armii – Zakhid VI Voiennoi Okruhy “Sian” Taktychnykh vidtynkiv “Lemko”, “Bastion”, “Danyliv” (1944–1946). (t. 1). Varshava, Toronto [in Ukrainian]. Stekh, Y. (Ed.). (2006). Propamiatna knyha ukrainskykh diiachiv Peremyshchyny XIX–XX. Peremyshl: Peremyshchyna [in Ukrainian]. Syrnyk, J. (2008). Ukraińskie Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne (1956–1990). Wrocław: Oddział Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej we Wrocławiu [in Polish]. Trukhan, M. (1990). Ukraintsi v Polshchi pislia Druhoi svitovoi viiny 1944–1984. New-York [in Ukrainian]. Zabrovarnyi, S. Na zemli chuzhostoronskii. Propamiatna knyha vypusknykiv ukrainistyky Vchytelskoi studii u Shchetsini (1957–1963). Varshava: Tyrsa [in Ukrainian].