Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Galicia (; Ukrainian and ; ; Czech and ; ; ; ) bụ mpaghara akụkọ ihe mere eme na nke ala na nkwụsị nke Central na Eastern Europe. Ọ bụbu obere alaeze nke Galicia <unk> Volhynia na mgbe e mesịrị okpueze nke Austria-Hungary, Alaeze nke Galicia na Lodomeria, nke dị n'ókè nke Poland na Ukraine nke oge a. Ebe ahụ, nke a kpọrọ aha obodo Halych nke dị n'oge ochie, bụ nke mbụ e kwuru banyere ya n'akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Hungary n'afọ 1206 dị ka "Galiciæ". N'afọ 1253, e chiri Prince Daniel nke Galicia Eze nke Rus () ma ọ bụ Eze nke Ruthenia na-esote
Ndị Mongol wakporo Kiev Rus'. Na 1352, alaeze Poland jikọtara alaeze Galicia na Volhynia dị ka Ruthenian Voivodeship ().