- Polish Argentines
- White Argentines
- Ukrainian Argentines
- Immigration to Argentina
- Polish people
- German Argentines
- Argentines of European descent
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- Argentines of Serb descent
- Argentina–Poland relations
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Polish Argentines (Spanish: polaco-argentinos; Polish: polscy argentyńczycy) are Argentine citizens of full or partial Polish ancestry or Poland-born people who reside in Argentina. Poland was the fourth largest net migrants contributor after Italy, Spain and Germany. It is hard to give an exact number of Polish immigrants to Argentina.
Polish immigration to Argentina
It is not easy to determine the number of Poles who immigrated to Argentina. Before 1919, they were registered as Germans, Austrians, or Russians. Polish immigrants to Argentina were made up of three distinct groups: the Catholic ethnic Poles (25%), the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Ruthenians (45-50%) and the Polish Jews (25-30%). Between 1921 and 1976, 169,335 immigrants from Poland permanently settled in Argentina.
The first Poles arrived in Argentina during the 19th century. In 1890, the first Polish organization in Argentina was founded (Towarzystwo Polskie). For many years, the Misiones Province was the major Polish center in Argentina.
Today it is estimated that 2,000,000 million Argentines have Polish ancestry. Over a quarter of Misiones population has Polish roots (250,000 persons), the highest concentration of Polish Argentines in the country. About 140,000 Poles live in Buenos Aires; other Argentine cities with large Polish populations include Córdoba, Rosario and Santa Fe.
A major organization of the Polish minority is the Polish Association in Argentina (Związek Polaków w Argentynie).
In 1995 the Argentine National Congress made June 8 Polish Settlers' Day.
Notable people
Carlos Bielicki, chess master
Fabián Bielinsky (1959-2006), movie director
John Bocwinski, football player
Juan Pablo Brzezicki, ex tennis player
Vladislao Cap (1934-1982), ex football player and manager
Gisela Dulko, tennis player
Paulo Dybala, football player
Cristian Dzwonik aka "Nik", cartoonist
Juan Foyth, football player
Francisco Fydriszewski, football player
Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), writer
Guido Kaczka, TV presenter, radio host
Enzo Kalinski, football player
Diego Klimowicz, football player
Bautista Kociubinski, football player
Mariano Kowalczuk, influencer ("Viajero poco frecuente")
Frank Darío Kudelka, football coach
Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997), chess master
Marzenka Novak, actress
Mario Pasik, actor
Chango Spasiuk, musician
Ayelén Stepnik, field hockey player
Fernando Troyansky, football player
Rubén Wolkowyski, basketball player
Ricardo Zielinski, ex football player and presently coach
Figures
See also
Argentina–Poland relations
Polish diaspora
Argentines of European descent
Zwi Migdal
Florian Czarnyszewicz
Witold Gombrowicz
References
External links
The Other Child: Poles in Latin America
(in Spanish) elaguilablanca
(in Polish) Kultura polska w Argentynie
(in Polish) SZLAKIEM WYCHODŹCÓW