HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC MISTERIES OF HALYCH
Keywords:
the town of Halych, Halych mountain range, «castrum Galis», The Hungarian-Polish Chronicle, Ian Dlugosh.Abstract
In the article, the author analyses controversial topographical issues
connected with Halych. The main aspects of settlement and early statehood of
the southern Poland and their research by historians have been investigated. Special attention was paid to explain the origin of the name Halych (of both mountain and town) from the mountain chain which probably served as the border between Poland, Rus and Hungary. The mentions of Halych in the Hungarian-Polish Chronicle and texts by Ian Dlugosh were analyzed. The existing versions of etymology of the name Halych have been specified. The question of the exact location of «castrum Galis» and border tables between Poland and Hungary (with the inscriptions in Cyrillic) which were located în the
mountain Halych is still open.
