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the term "mazurik"

This paragraph should be removed entirely, as "Mazur" (inhabitant of Mazury) and "mazurik" (colloquial expression for the word "thief") are phonetically similar but unrelated. The references provided are unhelpful. Dahl’s dictionary in its 1st Edition makes no connection to Poles. The 2nd Edition offers several possibilities, including "Mazur", dancers of the Mazurka and several others. The 3rd Edition drops the reference to dancers of the Mazurka and retains other versions. As soon as there are inconsistencies even for different editions of this dictionary, I believe that Dahl’s work does not seem to be a reliable source for the origin of this specific word. Modern dictionaries, such as Wiktionary, correctly cite the German word Mauser, meaning "thief" (мазурик) and don't mention Poles.

Furthermore, the mention of Putin is irrelevant in this context. Although the referenced article belonging to the Ukrainian Canadian Community website (now deleted but accessible through the Internet Archive) mentions Putin’s use of this single word in regard of then-Ukrainian President Yushchenko. Taken together, this does not support the argument that the word was used to refer to Poles.

Additional argument would be that Russian version of this webpage doesn't make connection between "mazurik" and "Mazur" in Russian language.

Lastly, it is unlikely that Poles would be associated with Mazurians only in other countries, given that only 3.8% of the Polish population resides in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. This percentage is comparable to the proportion of Illinois' population relative to the entire U.S. (3.8%) or Wales' population relative to the U.K. (4.7%). Shapoklya78 (talk) 09:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While I am still fine with my aforementioned arguments, I was able to find several arguments contradicting my opinion. It is a manuscript by Prof. Berezovitch (Berezovich EL, Kuchko VS. Once More on the Etymology of the Russian Word Mazurik ‘Cheater’(in Light of the Cultural and Linguistic Image of Mazur in Slavic Traditions). Slověne= Словѣне. International Journal of Slavic Studies. 2017 Aug 31;6(1):413-48.) and the following study properly citing Prof. Berezovitch on this matter (Ławrynow D. Językowy i tekstowy obraz Mazura na podstawie twórczości Stefana Rudanskiego. LingVaria. 2021;16(31):213-24.) As soon as both of the studies are modern and written by the experts in the field of linguistics, I have to admit that my aforementioned arguments are correct but of lower importance than the newly found facts. Shapoklya78 (talk) 15:22, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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In the Etymology section of the article there is a stray line stating "[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation from {{{1}}}]]". Please fix this as I do not have ECP. Dell Latitude E6400 (talk) 03:08, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Ultraodan (talk) 12:33, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interwar Ukrainian Polonophobia

It's a little strange that this part doesn't mention the ceding of Western Ukraine to Poland in the Treaty of Warsaw (1920)-- this was bitterly opposed by Galicians and much of the Ukrainian Galician Army defected from the Ukrainian People's Republic to the Whites after it was signed. The Ukrainian Military Organisation should be mentioned alongside the OUN-- it was the predecessor until 1929 and committed numerous assassinations and bombings. Polonophobia was also exacerbated by colonial settlement policies, Polonisation, and pacification (though again this was part of a vicious cycle). This section probably ought to be largely redone to reflect the difficult interwar history of Polish-Ukrainian relations. 2A00:23C5:11E:F901:D482:CD0:5B40:93BC (talk) 17:21, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Parts of this article are littered with minor inaccuracies and poor grammar. 2A00:23C5:11E:F901:D482:CD0:5B40:93BC (talk) 17:25, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UPA weren’t Nazis

I request that the label „Ukrainian Nazis” be changed to „Ukrainian Nationalists”. 89.8.226.42 (talk) 14:03, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this article is a great example of the Polish project to rewrite history on Wikipedia

As it says on the tin, this is a very obviously biased article which can safely be placed among the hundreds of articles abused by the Polish state in service of ahistorical wwii narratives. These issues are actually so severe and widespread on wikipedia that scholarly research has been published about them. Hopefully we can simply remove article protection and let nature take its course. Wikipedia should not be a tool for the Polish state to pervert history. ~2026-35998-69 (talk) 17:35, 20 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]