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Podolian, a.|pəˈdəʊlɪən| [f. Podolia (see below) + -an.] Of or pertaining to Podolia, a region in south-west Ukraine (see quot. 1974).
c1850Bee Keeper 18 (heading) The construction of the Podolian hive. 1881Encycl. Brit. XIII. 451/2 The breed of cattle most widely distributed throughout Italy is that known as the Podolian. 1911Ibid. XXI. 875/1 The Dniester is an important channel for trade, corn, spirits and timber being exported from Podolian river ports. 1920Glasgow Herald 7/2 Another great Bolshevik offensive in the Southern Polish and Podolian sector has failed absolutely. 1936C. Roth Short Hist. Jewish People xxvi. 332 The revivalist movement in Poland permeated all sections of society, until it touched a simple Podolian lime-digger, Israel ben Eliezer (1700–1760). 1974Encycl Brit. Micropædia VIII. 60/2 Podolia..was under Polish rule until 1772, when the part west of the Zbruch River became Austrian; the rest became the Podolian guberniya (province) in Russia in 1793. After World War I the region continued to be divided at the Zbruch, between Poland and the U.S.S.R.; after World War II, it was entirely incorporated into the U.S.S.R. |