▁also ▁counted ▁S iles ian ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁dialect s ▁of ▁Polish . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁German ▁influence , ▁S iles ians ▁have ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁German ▁culture . ▁Many ▁German ▁S iles ians ▁and ▁their ▁descend ants ▁who ▁inhab ited ▁both ▁Lower ▁and ▁Upper ▁S iles ia ▁have ▁been ▁disp la ced ▁to ▁Germany ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 - 4 7 . ▁ ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁some ▁deb ates ▁on ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁the ▁S iles ians ▁( histor ically , ▁Upper ▁S iles ians ) ▁const itute ▁a ▁distinct ▁nation . ▁In ▁modern ▁history , ▁they ▁have ▁often ▁been ▁press ured ▁to ▁declare ▁themselves ▁to ▁be ▁German , ▁Polish ▁or ▁Czech , ▁and ▁use ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁nation ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁S iles ia . ▁Nevertheless , ▁ 8 4 7 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁declared ▁themselves ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁S iles ian ▁national ity ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Polish ▁national ▁census ▁( including ▁ 3 7 6 , 0 0 0 ▁who ▁declared ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁their ▁only ▁national ity , ▁ 4 3 6 , 0 0 0 ▁who ▁declared ▁to ▁be ▁their ▁first ▁national ity , ▁ 4 1 1 , 0 0 0 ▁who ▁declared ▁to ▁be ▁their ▁second ▁one , ▁and ▁ 4 3 1 , 0 0 0 ▁who ▁declared ▁joint ▁S iles ian ▁and ▁Polish ▁national ity ), ▁making ▁them ▁the ▁largest ▁minor ity ▁group . ▁About ▁ 1 2 6 , 0