%0 Journal Article %T Krzyż przydrożny w tradycji Ukraińców Wołynia i Polesia:  historia i współczesność %A Nikolaieva, Anna %J Prace Etnograficzne %V 2014 %R 10.4467/22999558.PE.14.013.3165 %N Tom 42, Numer 3 %P 187-198 %K talisman, roadside cross, wow (promise) “figure, ” “kryzh” %@ 0083-4327 %D 2014 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/prace-etnograficzne/artykul/krzyz-przydrozny-w-tradycji-ukraincow-wolynia-i-polesia-historia-i-wspolczesnosc %X Roadside cross in the tradition of the Ukrainians in Volyn and Polesie: history and modernity The semantics and the functions of the roadside crosses are observed in the article that is based on the archival and field ethnographic material of Polesia, Volyn and Slobozhanshchyna. Also in this article author observed scientific literature about tradition of roadsides crosses in Ukraine, Poland and The USA. Author analysed origins of this tradition On Ukrainian teritory and existence of tradition nowadays.