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*Between 1868 and 1880, almost 16,000 Czechs left Austria-Hungary for the Russian Empire. The reasons for their departure were the difficult living conditions in the Czech lands, and the '''rumors of prosperity in the Russian realm, where there was a large amount of unused agricultural land'''. | *Between 1868 and 1880, almost 16,000 Czechs left Austria-Hungary for the Russian Empire. The reasons for their departure were the difficult living conditions in the Czech lands, and the '''rumors of prosperity in the Russian realm, where there was a large amount of unused agricultural land'''. | ||
*The bulk of the Czechs settled in the region of Volhynia. Apart from agriculture, Czech immigrants began to engage in other activities, such as industry, trade and crafts. The income for most ethnic Czechs had its foundations in the engineering, breweries, mills, cement plants, etc | *The bulk of the Czechs settled in the region of '''Volhynia''. Apart from agriculture, Czech immigrants began to engage in other activities, such as industry, trade and crafts. The income for most ethnic Czechs had its foundations in the engineering, breweries, mills, cement plants, etc. | ||
*After World War II, the door of '''re-emigration for Volhynian Czechs to Czechoslovakia''' opened on the basis of an interstate agreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union. Some Volhynian Czechs remained in the Soviet Union even after the end of the Second World War. | *After World War II, the door of '''re-emigration for Volhynian Czechs to Czechoslovakia''' opened on the basis of an interstate agreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union. Some Volhynian Czechs remained in the Soviet Union even after the end of the Second World War. | ||
*At the end of the 1980s, ten thousand Czechs lived in Ukraine. <ref>"Czechs in Ukraine", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechs_in_Ukraine, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | *At the end of the 1980s, ten thousand Czechs lived in Ukraine. <ref>"Czechs in Ukraine", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechs_in_Ukraine, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | ||