The view of Plesa (Polish name Plesza) village that is inhabited in almost 100% by descendants of Polish emigrants. The village was colonised by Polish highlanders in 1835. They came to work in forests and farming.

Plesa village. Mrs. Wiktoria Smolka was born just after World War II. She regrets she is to old to milk a cow, and she had to give it up to her daughter Jadwiga Moldovan.

Plesa used to be called coopers village in the past. But it is not worth anymore to produce wooden barrels during era of plastic. Stanislaw Moldovan is one of the last coopers in the village.

Jadwiga Moldovan and her son Sergio are seen in the front of their house. Jadwiga and her husband Stanislaw had been working for six years in Spain before global crisis began.

Elzbieta Moldovan is a mother of Stanislaw. She used to look after Sergio when his parents work in forests in Sweden every sommer. Jadwiga used to plant trees and Stanislaw to cut them.

Wojciech Majerik job is manufacturing of charcoal. His son Bolek is famous sculptor and poet.

Sculptor Bolek Majerik is seen by his relief in rock.

Bolek Majerik teaches Sergio Moldovan and other local boys to sculpt in wood.

Young sculpting trainee Josef.

Poles attend Sunday service in Polish church in Solonetu Nou (Nowy Soloniec) village on 10 April 2011, the first anniversary of plane crash in Smolensk. The intention of the mass was peace of victims souls.

Polish church in Solonetu Nou. The Sunday mass in intention of victims of Smolensk plane crash.

Polish youth in Solonetu Nou.

Polish children and youth get ready to a show of folk dance group Solonczanka in Polish House Club in Solonetu Nou.

Girls members of Solonczanka dance group play before a show.

A girl member of Solonczanka dance group.

Polish kids in Solonetu Nou village.

The monument of pope John Paul II in Cacica (Kaczyka) village. The salt mine is seen in the background.

Poles from Bochnia inhabited village Cacica two hundreds years ago to work in the salt mine. Mr. Robert is descendant of Polish emigrants but he speaks Polish very little. Most of Poles in Cacica are assimilated.

The mainstay of Polish language and tradition in Cacica is Cehaniuc family. Krystyna Cehaniuc is the chairman of local Polish House organization and her husband Michal carries out the memorial book.

Michal Cehaniuc misses his son who emigrated to London.

The lesson of Polish language in the senator Krystyna Bochenek school in Pojana Micului (Pojana Mikuli) village. Mostly boys are present. Girls went out to practice old tradition - po moiczku.

Krzysia and Teresa practice tradition - po moiczku. They visit Polish houses and sing Lent song commemorating crucifixion of Jesus Christ. They get money and eggs in return.

Mrs. Stanislawa Jakimowska is the chairman of Polish House organization in Suceava town and the chief editor of Polish monthly magazine Polonus.

The view of Bukovina. In Stanislawa Jakimowska opinion Polish language and tradition could survive in Bukovinian villages thanks to Roman Catholic Church, faith, family and isolation.