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The Lemko Region (Rusyn: Лемковина, romanized: Lemkovyna; Polish: Łemkowszczyzna; Ukrainian: Лемківщина, romanized: Lemkivshchyna) is an ethnographic area in southern Poland and Northern Eastern Slovakia that has traditionally been inhabited by the Lemko people.
The Lemkos of Poland – Articles and Essays, editor Paul Best and Jarosław Moklak; The Lemko Region, 1939–1947 War, Occupation and Deportation – Articles and Essays, editor Paul Best and Jarosław Moklak; Horbal, Bogdan (April 30, 2010). Lemko Studies: A Handbook. East European Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-639-0. OCLC 286518760.
However, the Lemkos were not interested in joining the Polish state and desired to join Russia instead. At the end of 1918, the council announced the incorporation of the Lemko region into Russia, although it wasn't specified whether the council meant Soviet Russia or White Russia. The Rusyn Council established its control on the region ...
Lemko Region a region of the Eastern Carpathians ranges in Eastern Europe. Pages in category "Lemko Region" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Komańcza Republic, [a] also known as the Eastern Lemko Republic, [b] Vyslik Republic, [c] and Lemko Republic, [d] was a short-lived microstate, an association of thirty three Lemko villages, seated in Komańcza in the east of the Lemko Region, that existed between 4 November 1918 and 24 January 1919.
The wooden village church, "Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary", is considered a pearl of Eastern Lemko architecture. It was built in 1802, and was on the Polish Register of Historic Buildings. The church was occupied by the Greek Catholics until 1963, when it was taken over by the Orthodox.
Binczarowa is a Lemko village in the western Lemkivshchyna. It occupies a mountain valley in the Polish commune of Grybów, county of Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is situated along a stream known as the Binczarce, [1] a tributary of the Poprad. It lies between the towns of Florynka to the east and Bogusza in the west.
Weddings in the Lemko region were preceded by parties where youth gathered. If someone was looking for a girl, then they took starosty and went to the girl's house for a visit (also called zalioty), during which they agreed on wine. After that, the girl's parents went to visit the boy (ohliadyny).