Hetalia - Poland & Ukraine's fans

Hetalia: Axis Powers is a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by Hidekazu Himaruya. The series presents an allegorical trivialisation of political and historic events, particularly of the World War II era, in which the various countries are represented by stereotyped anthropomorphic characters.

~CHARACTERS~

Poland
Poland, or Feliks Łukasiewicz by his human name, is an eccentric, selfish, and childish yet cheerful country known for his Nagoya-based valley girl accent. Poland was originally supposed to be female, and Hungary a crossdressing male, but Himaruya switched the two. He is also known for his friendship with Lithuania which represents the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, until Russia, Prussia, and Austria beat them up and divided them in 1795. Poland calls Lithuania Liet, (short for Lietuva, the Lithuanian word for Lithuania). He calls himself a phoenix, which shows how Poland kept rising and rising after being beat down. He is shy around strangers, as shown when he first met Sweden and when he met Lithuania. He can act brave and be outgoing and relaxed in front of strangers, but quickly returns to his usual shy self. Poland isn't as selfish as he once was and over time has become more concerned for others, as shown when he sees Lithuania's bruised back after Lithuania's return from Russia, saying "There's a side to Lithuania I don't know about". Poland is voiced by Kazutada Tanaka in Japanese, Ryan Bijan in English dub of the series, and Joel McDonald in the English dub of the movie, Paint it White, and world series.


Big Cyc - Pechowy jak Polak - vid by SkadiPirate

Ukraine
Ukraine is Russia's elder sister, who causes Russia deep sadness. Ukraine, who gave Russia the scarf he now wears, is currently trying to distance herself away from Russia and trying to make friends in Europe. She is also poor and often cannot afford to pay her gas and oil bills to Russia. She also has large breasts to represent her country's agricultural nature, but these give her constant back pains.Ukraine is voiced by Yuki Masuda in Japanese and Lydia Mackay in English.


Катя Бужинская - Як у нас на Україні - vid by SkadiPirate

~CANON RELATIONS~
Poland and Ukraine met during last Halloween event (although due to his reactions they knew each other already before). Ukraine helped then Poland in entering the party on a "horse" (a toy instead of real horse brought by Poland).

~REAL LIFE RELATIONS~
Polish-Ukrainian relations were established soon after Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. They have been improving since, with Poland and Ukraine forming a strong strategic partnership. Various controversies from their shared history occasionally resurface in Polish-Ukrainian relations, but they are not having a major influence on the bilateral relations of Poland and Ukraine.

Both countries share a border of about 529 km. Poland's acceptance of the Schengen Agreement created problems with the Ukrainian border traffic. On July 1, 2009 an agreement on local border traffic between the two country's came into effect. This agreement enables Ukrainian citizens living in border regions to cross the Polish frontier according to a liberalized procedure.
Ukraine is the country with the largest number of Polish consulates.

Historical relations

Polish-Ukrainian relations can be traced to the 16th-17th centuries in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the often turbulent relations between that state and the mostly polonized nobility (szlachta) and the Cossacks. And even further into the 13-14th centuries when the Kingdom of Poland and the Ruthenian Kingdom carried close ties.
The next stage would be the relations in the years 1918-1920, in the aftermath of World War I, which saw both the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Ukrainian alliance. The interwar period would eventually see independent Poland while the Ukrainians had no state of their own, being divided between Poland and the Soviet Union. This led to a deterioration of Polish-Ukrainian relations, and would result in a flare-up of ethnic tensions during and immediately after World War II (massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Operation Vistula being the most infamous). While this left the Polish-Ukrainian relations in the mid-20th century in a relatively poor state, there was little meaningful and independent diplomacy and contact between the People's Republic of Poland and the Ukrainian SSR. The situation changed significantly with the fall of Soviet Union, when both Poland and Ukraine became fully independent and could once again decide on foreign policies of their own.

Modern era

On October 13, 1990 Poland and Ukraine agreed to the "Declaration on the foundations and general directions in the development of Polish-Ukrainian relations". Article 3 of this declaration said that neither country has any territorial claims against the other, and will not bring any in the future. Both countries promised to respect the rights of national minorities on their territories and to improve the situation of minorities in their countries. This declaration re-affirmed the historic and ethnic ties between Poland and Ukraine, containing a reference to "the ethnic and cultural kinship of the Polish and Ukrainian peoples".

Support for Ukrainian sovereignty has become an important component of Polish foreign policy. Poland strongly supported the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and has backed NATO-Ukraine cooperation (such as the Lithuanian–Polish–Ukrainian Brigade), as well as Ukraine's efforts to join the European Union.

MUSIC VIDEOS

All Time Low - Painting Flowers - vid by Awakening Eden

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Blue October - Say It - vid by Sanaasubari

Edyta Górniak & Mietek Szcześniak - Dumka Na Dwa Serca - vid by Xenna194

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Jon McLaughlin - So Close - vid by ThePastryNinja

Marcin Mroziński - Legenda - vid by snowanaprave

Marianas Trench - Haven't Had Enough - vid by Sanaasubari

Michał Lorenc - Mro Ilo (wariant II) - vid made by LitD

Miley Cyrus - 7 Things - vid made by LitD

Paramore - Decode - vid made by TheGladka

Sam Tsui - Love The Way You Lie - vid by AwakeningEden

Susan Egan - I Won't Say I'm In Love - vid by EwaGladka

Unknown Artist - Hej, sokoły - vid by Lubellinda

Within Temptation - What Have You Done - vid made by Silvera88 & Vegsiol