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	Polesie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Polissya (in Ukrainian), Polesie (Polish spelling), Palyessye (Palesse) in Belarusian is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland.
		Polissya lies within the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland.
		Polissya is a marshy region that lines along the Pripyat River mostly in Southern Belarus (Brest, Pinsk, Kalinkavichy, Homel'), Northern Ukraine (Volyn, Povna, Zhitomir, North of Kyiv, Chernihiv) and partially in Poland (Lublin) and Russia (Bryansk).
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Palesse (279 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Folk painting of Polissya is one of the important components of spiritual culture of this land.
		In his paintings dedicated to Polissya countryside of the olden times ("An Evening of a Family in Polissya","Polissya Technique" etc.) the interior of country houses is documentary and realistically represented, objects of household, tools of hand-labor are scrupulously "named".
		The image of Ukrainian Polissya in her view is a synthesis of numerous images of forest, lake, rivulet, marsh, forest flowers, mushrooms, forest and marsh (fantastic) animals and birds.
	www.ukrfolk.kiev.ua /polissya/POL_ENG/POL_ENG(6).htm (3487 words)

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		Polissya is a special historical and ethnographical region of Ukraine, a part of former pre-fatherland of the Slavs, an ancient ethnocontact zone.
		The historical and ethnographical region of Polissya draws attention of scientists and amateur researches by its peculiarities of traditional and daily material and spiritual culture, the language of its population.
		The Slavs appeared on the territory of Polissya on the break of a new era due to complicated ethnolinguistic and anthropological processes, which had an influence on formation of the anthropological composition of that region.
	www.interklasa.pl /portal/dokumenty/r_mowa/strony_ang/rozne/03.htm (2586 words)

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		Polissya is one of the most archaic regions of Ukraine that still keeps its exceptional local color.
		Among other regions of Ukraine the striy of Polissya is distinguished by prepotency of bicolour white-red palette, lack of factory-made fabrics, and also by woven and printed decorative ornamentation of garments.
		Typical for Polissya clothing were fitted silhouette of shoulder clothing (lace-jerkins, corset-vests, shirts) and broadened downward line of waist clothing ("litnyky", skirts made of factory-made fabrics, "skirts with a bib").
	www.ukrfolk.kiev.ua /polissya/POL_ENG/POL_ENG(10).htm (2855 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Palesse
		Polesie (Polish spelling; Polissya, Полісся in Ukrainian, Poles'ye, Полесье in Russian, Palyessye or Palesse, Пале́сьсе in Belarusian) is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, within the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland.
		Pripyat Marshes area (Polesie (Polish spelling; Polissya, Полісся in Ukrainian, Polesye, Полесье in Russian, Palyessye or Palesse, Пале́сьсе in Belarusian) is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South...
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Palesse (408 words)

	uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		FC Polissya Zhytomir, who are one of the favourites to advance to the Premier League at the end of the season, are charged with fixing a match against FC Borysfen Boryspil.
		Polissya won to reinforce their position in third - high enough to secure promotion should they finish there at the end of the season.
		Polissya are faced with possible suspension or they may be stripped of points if found guilty of the alleged offence.
	www.uefa.com /footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=22414.html (220 words)

	ShoppingUkraine.com : Ukrainian folk clothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But in spite of the settled common mental and ethical as well as artistic and aesthetic norms and rules of striy formation and wearing, in some localities distinctive peculiarities of clothing were observed; they marked out a region against the background of others.
		In Gutsulshchyna woolen skirts were woven with a pattern of lengthwise multicolored strips ("shortsa"), in Polissya they were made white with woven red patterns, in Kholmshchyna - cream-colored with a wide pattern on the lap ("burka").
		In winter felt and astrakhan shapkas (caps) were worn, as well as caps made of durable cloth - magerka (in Polissya and in the northern Volyn); their upper part was often of another color then the lower part.
	magneticone.com /shoppingukraine/folk_clothing.php?... (2555 words)

	Palesse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Polissya (in Ukrainian),Polesie (Polish spelling),Пале́сьсе (Palyessye, Palesse) in Belarusian is one of the largest European swampy areas, located inthe South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland.
		Polissya is a marshy region that lines along the Pripyat River mostlyin Southern Belarus (Brest, Pinsk, Kalinkavichy, Homel), Northern Ukraine (Volyn, Povna, Zhytomyr, North of Kyiv, Chernihiv) and partially in Poland (Lublin) and Russia (Bryansk).
		It is a flatland within the watersheds of the Western Bug and Pripyatriver.
	www.therfcc.org /palesse-68562.html (245 words)

	worldsurface.com - sustainable tourism for backpackers and independent travellers
		Most of the rich forest lands are in the Carpathian region of western Ukraine, with forests of poorer quality in the poorly drained Polissya region in northern Ukraine.
		Three natural zones of vegetation are distinguishable from north to south: the Polissya (woodland and marsh), the forest-steppe, and the Steppe.
		The Polissya zone lies in the northwest and north, with an area of about 44,000 square miles, of which more than one-third is arable land.
	www.worldsurface.com /browse/static.asp?staticpageid=863 (836 words)

	Impacts of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster on the Forest Vegetation \| Living Earth
		In the spring of 1986, the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion left a substantial portion of the forested area of the Ukrainian Polissya region contaminated with radioactive fallout.
		Polissya is a geographical area that straddles the northern border of Ukraine, southeastern Byelorus and southern Russia, a land of lakes, forests, swamplands, and peat bogs that drain from the Pripyat marshes.
		Although the Polissya region is classified as 'mixed-forest' zone, nearly 64.5% of the forest land is covered with conifers.
	www.livingearthgatherings.org /novo/Chernobyl-Forests.html (4292 words)

	Ukraine Gateway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the Polissya area (specifically in its western part), where there is the egress of chalky rock, one the most furtile soils occur:turf-carbonate.
		Ukrainian Polissya is a large geomorphologic region consisting of three subregions: the Volyn, Rivne and Kyiv Polissya areas.
		The Polissya terrain is mostly flat with frequent elevations and hillocks genetically connected with glacial activity.
	www.ukraine-gateway.org.ua /gateway/gateway.nsf/webcontent/01010600 (14117 words)

	Ukraine Gateway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the 1880-1932 period, for example, the entire forest area in the regions (within the 1939 boundaries.) diminished from 4.8 to 3.5 million hectares, or by 1.3 million hectares, and forestation decreased accordingly from 10 to 7 %.
		During the aforesaid period, the Polissya area reportedly lost nearly 60% and the forest-steppe zone, nearly 40% of forests.
		Oak trees are predominant in the Polissya area and the forest-steppe zone, beech trees, in the west and in the Crimea.
	www.ukraine-gateway.org.ua /gateway/gateway.nsf/webcontent/01010400 (2385 words)

	INVESTIGATIONS ON THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION AND TENSILE GLUE SHEAR STRENGTH OF PLYWOOD
		It was investigated that optimal forest coverage is 19.0% for the whole country, it is 32.0% for Polissya (now it is 26.8%), 18.0% for forest steppe (now it is 13.0%), 9.0% for steppe (now it is 5.3%), 45.0% for the Carpathians (now it is 42.
		Moreover, forests in Polissya and the Carpathians have ecological and exploitative functions, but forests in forest steppe, steppe and Crimea carry out preferencely water and soil protective, sanitary-hygienical, recreational and ecological functions.
		Forest stands of Polissya in neighbourhood of accident occupy 40% of all Ukrainian forests, and forestry continues to suffer large losses.
	www.fao.org /forestry/docrep/wfcxi/publi/V7/IE/V7E_I4.HTM (2666 words)

	Zhytomir County (Ukraine) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The shield bordered by the or wreath from rye ears, in bottom part of it are cones, leaves of hop and flowers of flax.
		This territory is part of four historical lands of Ukraine: Kyivs'ka, Polissya, Volyn' and Podillya.
		The arms of Polissya as territories of the Great Princedom Lithuanian from the end XIII up to XVIII counted arms of Princedom - "Pursuit" - the argent horseman on an argent horse.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ua-zt.html (553 words)

	LITOPYS UPA - Series 1 Volume 2 Summaries
		The necessity to defend the local population against the Nazi atrocities on the one hand, and the hostile behavior of the Soviet partisans on the other hand, is given as the main reason for the origins of the armed struggle.
		The author refers to the UPA as the nucleus of the Ukrainian National Army which in the event of collapse of the German and Soviet empires would have to assume the responsibility for the defense of the entire territory of Ukraine.
		Two sections deal with the anti-German struggle; one focuses on the behavior of the Soviet partisans in Volyn; and the last one describes the battles of the UPA and the village self-defense forces against the Soviet partisans.
	www.infoukes.com /upa/series01/sum02.html (3665 words)

	Forest History
		Polissya, agriculture and cattle-breeding developed there more intensively.
		It was a reason, to a large measure, responsible for a fall of forest areas.
		Pine forests grew on poor soils in Polissya and on river terraces in the forest-steppe zone.
	www.efi.fi /fine/Ukraine/history_e.htm (564 words)

	Khmelnytsky Oblast Facts & Figures
		The oblast is located in the southwest of the East European plain in the forest steppe and mixed forest zones of Polissya (Woodland).
		The relief, soil and agro climatic conditions of the area are favorable for economic and settlement development.
		It is planned to change the structure of the main herd towards increase of the number of beef cows in the Polissya zone and to compensate the reduction of dairy cattle by raising their productivity.
	www.ukrainebiz.com /Articles/KhmelnytskyFacts.htm (2654 words)

	ShoppingUkraine.com : Ukrainian folk clothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In this respect it is worth mentioning such regions as Naddnipryanshchyna, Slobozhanshchyna, Prychornomorya, Kuban, Polissya, Volyn, Opillya, Podillya, Bukovyna, Pokuttya, Gutsulshchyna, Boikivshchyna, Lemkivshchyna, Zakarpattya, Pidgirya.
		In Polissya and Zakarpattya woven adornments were common, in Boikivshchyna and Pidgirya - shirring, in Pokuttya - ryasuvannya.
		Monochromatic (red) plaited belts are preserved only in Polissya.
	www.magneticone.com /shoppingukraine/folk_clothing.php?PHPSESSID=0743820d8e8 (2555 words)

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		The northern part of the oblast is located in the Polissya geographical zone, the southern part in the Forest-steppe zone.
		The soil in the Polissya zone is sod-podzolic, in the forest-steppe zone — grey forest and fl.
		The oblast is made up of three economic sub-regions: Kyiv suburbs, Polissya in the north and Forest-steppe in the south.
	www.netherlands-embassy.com.ua /media/documents/Agr_Kyiv.doc (3911 words)

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		Weather patterns as well as the forest of the Polissya region of Ukraine and neighboring republic of Byelorus played a major role in ameliorating the radioactive atmospheric desposition on agricultural areas and urban centers.
		The town of Chernobyl is located in the Kyyiv Oblast in the Polissya (Polis ye) region of Ukraine (Figure 2).
		Polissya is a geographical area that straddles the northern border of Ukraine, southeastern Byelorus and southern Russia.
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/envis/proceed/kaletnik.txt.html (3521 words)

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		Today 160 000 inhabitants of Ukrainian Polissya, uprooted from the native land by the atomic element, have spread all over the country as well as these red apples along the Chernobyl way.
		Above the Chernobyl way is the gonfalon from the St John the Divine’s Church, made in the XIX century in the village Dovgiy Lis, - and found in the XX century in the abandoned Chernobyl exclusion zone.
		The iconostasis is based on the fragments of the icon frames of the Christ Resurrection church (1773, village Tovstiy Lis) and the Saint Michael’s church (XIX, village Krasne), brought by the scientific staff from the 30-km exclusion zone.
	www.pasts.ceu.hu /fileadmin/template/www.pasts.ceu.hu/files/int-history/MuseumTextEngEd1.doc (2706 words)

	Pripyat Marshes of Ukraine, RGS 1998 Ralph Brown Expedition: the marshes as an ecological corridor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Such wetlands as marshes, valleys of rivers and lakes are characterised by intrazonal vegetation and intrazonal plant associations which known not only in Prypiat river basin and Ukrainian Polissya (forest zone) but on north of Russia and Baltic states, Belorussia and Poland.
		Zonal vegetation of Prypiat's basin region is presented mainly by typical for Polissya zone forests with endemics and some plant formations of which are marginal.
		Numerous group of identified species of microscopic conidial fungi are disturbed not only in Polissya zone but as well in forests and meadows of Carpathians or Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine.
	www.minter.demon.co.uk /brown/results/corridor.htm (575 words)

	Climate Change Initiative
		In the northern part Polissya is situated - swampy lowland; left-bank region of Dnieper is occupied with Prydneprovskaya Lowland.
		In Polissya region the climate is temperate, humid and is characterised with prevailing transfer of Atlantic air.
		Spring and autumn in Polissya are protracted, since inflow of humid sea air is accompanied with significant cloudiness and precipitation, which hinder air from heating in spring and its cooling in autumn.
	www.climate.org.ua /ghg_emis/1nat_com_3.html (1838 words)

	Polesie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Polissya (in Ukrainian) Polesie (Polish spelling) Пале́сьсе (Palyessye Palesse) in Belarusian is one of the largest European areas located in the South-Western part of Eastern-European Lowland.
		Polissya is a marshy region that lines the Pripyat River mostly in Southern Belarus (Brest Pinsk Kalinkavichy Homel) Northern Ukraine (Volyn Povna Zhytomyr North Kyiv Chernihiv) and partially in Poland (Lublin) and Russia (Bryansk).
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	www.freeglossary.com /Polesie (329 words)

	referat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Present condition of zoocenosis of the Western part of Volynske Polissya is described in the paper.
		The greatest of the examined territory is occupied by the Shutsk National Park.
		Rich diversity of mollusk species was found in the Western Polissya, especially in Svitjaz, Pisochnye, Lutsymer and Tchorne lakes.
	www.franko.lviv.ua /faculty/biologh/wis/27/zoology/01/index.htm (138 words)

	Conifers
		Spruce forests in the Ukrainian Carpathians and in Polissya presently occupy an area of about 570 500 ha (9.3% of the lands covered with forests).
		Reconstruction of spruce monocultures, regeneration of mixed forests, increase of spruce forest endurance and improvement of their useful and protective functions remain actual problems of the Carpathian forestry.
		In all, 2 ha of archive-parent plantations of spruce and 47.8 ha of clone plantations of the first order have been formed, 2.5 ha of which were planted under the flat conditions of Polissya.
	www.ipgri.cgiar.org /networks/euforgen/networks/conifers/Picea_abies/Country_reports/pactyrepUKR.htm (1876 words)

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