▁Russian ▁emp ire . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁capt ives ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁abandon ▁their ▁identity ▁as ▁Rus si ans ▁and ▁obtain ▁a ▁Ukrain ian ▁identity . ▁Capt ives ▁who ▁identified ▁themselves ▁as ▁Uk ra ini ans ▁were ▁fre ed ▁from ▁the ▁camp . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 - 1 9 3 2 , ▁four ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁Th aler hof ▁Al man ac ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁a ▁L viv , ▁in ▁which ▁published ▁document ary ▁evidence ▁was ▁collected ▁of ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁prisoners ▁and ▁the ▁mur ders ▁of ▁peace ful ▁Russ oph iles ▁by ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁authorities ▁during ▁the ▁war ▁years . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 , 5 0 0 , 1 5 8 ▁residents ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Gal icia ▁( G al icia ), ▁the ▁Polish ▁language ▁was ▁native ▁to ▁ 2 , 1 1 4 , 7 9 2 ▁inhabitants ▁( 3 9 . 8 % ), ▁and ▁Ruth en ian ▁- ▁Russian ▁to ▁ 3 , 3 8 5 , 3 6 6 ▁( 5 8 . 9 %). ▁In ▁the ▁book ▁“ H abs burg ▁national ▁politics ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ” ▁( the ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁are ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁organization ▁“ H istor ical ▁Cons cious ness ” ▁D . A . ▁Ak hre men ko ▁and ▁professor ▁of ▁the ▁Min sk ▁State ▁University ▁K . V . ▁She v chen ko ) ▁they ▁state ▁that ▁in ▁Th aler hof ▁at ▁that ▁time