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Some scholars claim that this ethnic group is a part of .

The name, "Boyko" is thought by some to originate in their patterns of speech, specifically the use of the expression, "bah!".

Most Boykos belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , with a minority belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church . The distinctive wooden church architecture of the Boyko region is a three-domed church, with the domes arranged in one line, and the middle dome slightly larger than the others.

Boyko is also a common surname among people with origins in Western Ukraine, including in Canada and the United States.


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REFERENCES

  • Anatoliy Ponomariov. "''Ethnic groups of Ukrainians''" (in Ukrainian). Available online .

  • "''How Rusyns became Ukrainians''", Zerkalo Nedeli (''the Mirror Weekly''), July, 2005. Available online in Russian and in Ukrainian .