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	Kolomyia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		About the same time, the king was forced by the war with the Teutonic Order to pawn the area of Pokucie to the hospodar of Wallachia, Alexander.
		Although the city remained under Polish sovereignty, the income of the customs offices in the area was given to Wallachians, after which time the debt was repaid.
		Most of Pokucie was captured and looted, including Kołomyja.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kolomyya (1464 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Moldavian Magnate Wars
		In 1594 a very strong Tatar raid (about 20,000-30,000 led by the khan of Crimea, Gazi Gerej II) plundered Pokucie and through mountain passes moved to Hungary to plunder Habsburg lands.
		After Zygmunt III's refusal, Mihai sent his troops to take over Pokucie (area Moldavians were claiming to be theirs) but Commonwealth hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski forced his troops to retreat.
		In the meantime, Mihai's troops were defeated by revolting Hungarian nobles supported by the Emperor's troops led by general Basta.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Moldavian_Magnate_Wars (3087 words)

	Moldavian Magnate Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1594 a very strong Tatar raid, carried by about 20,000-30,000 men led by the Khan of Crimea, Ğazı II Giray (Gazi Gerej II) plundered Pokucie and moved to Hungary through mountain passes, in order to plunder Habsburg lands.
		After King Sigismund III (Zygmunt III Waza) refused, Mihai sent his troops to take over Pokucie (as an area Moldavians were claiming to be theirs) but Commonwealth hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski met them with resistance.
		In the meantime, Mihai Viteazul traveled to Vienna to ask for the Emperor's help, in exchange for assisting the Habsburgs against the Ottomans and Imperial influence over Moldavia, previously aligned with the Commonwealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moldavian_Magnate_Wars (3510 words)

	Polish Renaissance Warfare - Summary of Conflicts - Part One
		Meanwhile Bogdan of Moldavia invaded Pokucie and in June 1509 defeated a counter attack of the Kamieniec garrison and advanced on Lvov, however they failed to take any important strongholds and retreated, plundering as they went.
		A 4,000 strong force of the pospolite ruszenie, was sent to Suczam and completely destroyed the Moldavian army on 4th October 1509 at the Dniestr ford.
		Peace was concluded in January 1510 where Moldavia gave back Pokucie as well as their prisoners and the spoils of war.
	www.jasinski.co.uk /wojna/conflicts/conf01.htm (1220 words)

	Excerpts from Slownik Geograficzny: Potoczyska and Horodenka
		The "seat" of Horodenka powiat, in Galicia, the Pokucie region, on the highway between Sielec and Zaleszczyki, where the road branches off onto the Horodenka-Sniatyn road.
		Horodenka powiat had a population of 66,849 in 48 settlements and 48 tax districts, two powiat courts in Horodenka and Obertyn, belonging to the Kolomyja district court.
		This powiat is located completely in Pokucie; it has very fertile soil, a warm climate, tobacco and corn grow here very well.
	www.geocities.com /mrheckman/gorodenka/geography.html (1395 words)

	The Tatar Khanate of Crimea \| All Empires
		Not respecting the treaty signed by both the Khan and the Sultan at all, he proceeded with the Nogais to wage his private war with Poland.
		The invasion was repeated in the summer 1623, where once again the Polish resistance was very weak, which allowed the attackers to reach as far as city Sandomierz.
		The Orda set up at city Medyka and a kosz (a Tatar base set up during an invasion from where smaller raiding parties leave and return with prisoners and booty) the devastating army was sent in all directions.
	www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=The_Crimean_Khanate (7613 words)

	Ormianie - Polish Armenians
		Although many continued to marry among themselves and to maintain a fairly separate existence, in time the small number of Polish Armenians gradually seems to disappear among the larger Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish life of Galicia.
		During the 19th century, some still lived in places such as Lesko, Przemysl, Berezhany, Stanislawow, and Pokucie.
		They were often recognizable by their raven fl hair; the women wore it in a single braid while the men had spanish style mustaches and beards.
	home.att.net /~lowczego/ormianie.html (761 words)

	History Forum > Favorite Battle Of All Times
		Disputes for the throne of Hungary impacted upon Moldavia, once Polish but now Hungarian, which was being pressurised by Turkey.
		Peter Rares attacked Pokucie which he occupied in 1530.
		Zygmunt sent Royal Grand Hetman Tarnowski, with 4,800 cavalry, 1,200 infantry and 12 cannon, on a campaign to remove the Moldavians.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1892-50.html (4453 words)

	Hrushevskyj about ukrainian nobility in Xv -XVI c.
		Some of the circumstances could be explained by certain relation of religious and cultural nature between Western Ukraine and Moldavia, however, there is no definite information on the subjest available.
		When we remember, though, that less than twenty years earlier there was also unclear movement related to certain Mucha, when the Pokucie and Red Rusyn peasantry were represented by a notorious Moldavian agent.
		Main area of this movement was Halicz region (the movement was relatively weakly developed in Western Red Ruthenia), the local nobles particularly supported though the irredentism organized in Pokucie by Semen Wysoczan (perhaps one of Wysoczanskis).
	mywebpages.comcast.net /mdemkowicz1/dobra/hrusz_eng.htm (3703 words)

	Dawne Pokucie I Huculszczyzna W Opisach Cudzoziemskich Podroznikow - PriceGrabber.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		His imaginative approach and colorful description of John the Hunter, deserves to be told verbatim:
		"Almost at the southern point of Podolia, very close to its borders with Pokucie (the east sub-Carpathian region) there was a deep valley braced by three tall hills, separated from one another by two passing streams.
		In the beautiful green dale Jaz the Hunter and his wife found a safe place to set their homestead.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/w/x/wxk116/sjk/jazch3.html (2698 words)

	Gorodenka, Ukraine (Pages 86 - 96) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Horodenka is located in the southeast corner of Galicia, or “Pokucie”, as the Polish people call it.
		The Jews who lived there during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries also called this area “Reisen.” During the years between the two world wars, the town was on the crossroads of three countries: Poland, in which Horodenka was located, Romania to the south and the Soviet Union to the east.
		The reader may wish to refer to the original material for verification.
	www.jewishgen.org /Yizkor/gorodenka/gor086.html (9588 words)

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