Boyko or Boiko are a distinctive group of Ukrainian

Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

  highlanders or mountain-dwellers of the Carpathian

Carpathian Mountains

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 highlands. The Boykos inhabited the central and the western half of the Carpathians in Ukraine, including the Dolynskyi

Dolynskyi Raion (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast)

Dolyna Raion is a raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Dolyna is the administrative center of the raion.-External links:...

 and a part of the Rozhniativskyi Raion

Rozhniativskyi Raion

The Rozhniativ Raion is a raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast . Rozhniativ is the administrative center of the raion.-Settlements:The region does not have cities, however there are several towns.*Broshniv-Osada...

s (districts

Raion

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) in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case with most other oblasts of Ukraine this region has the same name as its administrative center – which was renamed by the Soviets after the Ukrainian writer, nationalist...

 (province

Oblast

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), the Skolivskyi, Turkivskyi, and parts of the Drohobytskyi

Drohobytskyi Raion

Drohobych Raion is a raion of the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Drohobych. It has a population of 75,700 .-Settlements:There are 74 villages in the Drohobych Raion...

, Sambirskyi and Starosambirskyi Raions in the Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast

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, and parts of the Mizhhirskyi Raion in the Zakarpattia Oblast

Zakarpattia Oblast

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), as well as the adjacent areas of southeast Poland

Poland

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 and northeast Slovakia

Slovakia

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.

Boykos identify themselves as part of the Ukrainian ethnos.