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The Polish minority in Ukraine officially numbers about 144,130 (according to the 2001 census), of whom 21,094 (14.6%) speak Polish as their first language. The history of Polish settlement in current territory of Ukraine dates back to 1030 � 31. In Late Middle Ages, following the extinction of Rurikid dynasty in 1323, Polish Kingdom extended east in 1340 to include the lands of Przemyśl and in 1366, Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec Podolski). The settlement of Poles became common there after the Polish � Lithuanian peace treaty signed in 1366 between Casimir III the Great of Poland, and Liubartas of Lithuania. Following the Union of Lublin (1569), principalities of Galicia and Western Volhynia were incorporated into the Crown of the Polish Kingdom as the Ruthenian Voivodeship, while the rest of Red Ruthenia together with Kiev came under Lithuanian control. The centuries of cohabitation and intermarriage between members of all social classes in Galicia and Volhynia, wrote Poliszczuk, left only a small percentage of the pure-blood Poles and pure-blood Ukrainians there, by the end of the period of partitions.
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