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
Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki
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Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki of the Sas coat of arms was a Polish nobleman, diplomat, and spy during the Great Turkish War of Ruthenian origin. For his actions at the 1683 Battle of Vienna, when he mana
Monument to Kulczycki in Vienna, sculpted by Emanuel Pendl and erected in 1885 at the street named after him
