Obec Poiana Micului v Bukovine a premeny vzťahov Rumunska s Československom a Poľskom
The village of Poiana Micului in Bukovina and the avatars of Romania's relations with Czechoslovakia and Poland

Summary/Abstract: Ethnic coexistence between Slovaks and Poles is a reality not only in some Bukovina villages but also in other areas of Central Europe. Their identity, specific to “Goral” mountaineers, is based on a language with strong Polish influence but on the Slovak customs and traditions. Slovak loans were brought by these people and influenced the existence of the community in Poiana Micului. But this is a feature for the entire Bukovina, where loans from other ethnic groups were a constant. In-flammation of the spirits in Poiana Micului, as well in other villages where they live together, was possible only during the periods of inter-national political crisis. Ethnic manipulation in favour of the Slovaks in the years 1936-1938 and 1940-1944, respectively in favour of the Poles in 1938-1939 and after 1945 and 1989, was due to the politicization of this issue.

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