Talk:Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)

Population

As far as population of this Voivodeship is concerned, the 1939 Statistical Yearbook of Poland should be considered as a most reliable source. It does not speculate, but presents bare numbers. Most likely, the 1931 Polish census was manipulated, but this article is not on this topic. Tymek (talk) 19:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It should be considered reliable for the census data, but if other historians, such as Tomaszewski and Piotrowski, have presented revised numbers, I think those numbers should be considered more reliable. We can of course cite the census, but when better numbers are available, they should be quoted (and highlighted as more reliable) as well.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:35, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but is there a more reliable source than the official Statistical Yearbook and the national census? Tymek (talk) 19:56, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is the data of the Polish 1921 census from the Polish Wiki, which states that the Voivodesip's population broke down with 54% being Poles, 38% Belorussians, 7% Jews and the remaining 1% were Others. This closely fits with the 1931 figures of 52.39% Poles, 39.11% Belorussians, 7.29% Jews and 1.21% Others. Given the lack of dispute with the 1921 census, I'm surprised anything is being brought up with the 1931 one given how close the numbers are. Now I'm not saying there wasn't tampering, but that seems to be both less than Tomaszewski suggests and more visible in the Tarnopol Voivodeship (where Poles went from being 45% in 1921 to 50% in 1931 while Ukrainians went from being 50% to 45% respectively along with the low Jewish population of around 5% in an area where Jews made up 10% of the total, all suggesting that the true figures were 50% Ukrainian, 40% Polish and 10% Jewish) and the Lublin Voivodeship (only 3% Ukrainian despite being 10% Orthodox--now I'm not suggesting that there weren't any Orthodox Poles, but the Ukrainian population had to be higher given previous figures). Also--the percentage data for Stanislawow for 1921 and 1931 seems to be the same. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prussia1231 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]