The Eastern Catholic clergy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church formed a tight-knit hereditary social caste that dominated Ukrainian society in Western Ukraine, from the late eighteenth until the m
St. George's Cathedral, Lviv: The cathedral also holds a predominant position in Ukrainian religious and cultural terms.
Traditional wooden Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kolochava
East Catholic regions in Europe (1901) including the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Kost Levytsky, a priest's son, would become the major political figure in western Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The noble class of Ruthenians in what is now Western Ukraine enjoyed a number of legal and social privileges. They were referred to by the term shliakhta. Estimates of their numbers vary. According to
Medal of 1782 commemorating the constitution of the parliament in Galicia and Lodomeria by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. It shows an allegorical depiction of imperial law (left) being handed over to the allegorical figure of Galicia with her shield showing the coat of arms of the lands
Natalia Kobrynska (born Ozarkevych), writer born into a noble priestly family, 1880s
Petty gentry family, modern Ternopil Oblast, 1880
Jacques Hnizdovsky of Korab coat of arms in wearing traditional Ukrainian szlachta clothing