After the Habsburg empire was split up into Austria-Hungary the city of Austrian Galacia began to develop strong cohorts of Russophile and Ukrainophile supporters. Many Ukrainian intellectuals began to publish work in Austrian Galacia because it was banned in greater Russia. Ultimately the Russian supporters living in Galacia who had become dismayed by the Austrian government moved to greater Russia mostly to areas that were previously part of Poland and became members of the greater Russian nation. However the Russophiles and Russia were losing the political and intellectual battle occurring in the Austrian province of Galacia
