Areta, Author at Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/author/areta/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:18:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png Areta, Author at Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/author/areta/ 32 32 Ghost Signs of Przemyśl https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-przemysl/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-przemysl/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:18:46 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=492 Today a small city in eastern Poland, Przemyśl (Peremyshl in Ukrainian transliteration) was once a major city in Galicia. Przemyśl’s population consisted of many nationalities, including Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Germans, and Czechs. According to the Austrian census of 1830, the city was home to 7,538 people of whom 1,508 (20%) […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/lviv-dining-guide/feed/ 1 Between Myth and Memory: 1930s Galicia by the Artist who Never Was https://forgottengalicia.com/between-myth-and-memory-1930s-galicia-by-the-artist-who-never-was/ https://forgottengalicia.com/between-myth-and-memory-1930s-galicia-by-the-artist-who-never-was/#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 13:33:25 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=52203 By Ari Neumann *** Discover the curious case of “Lazar Weissmann,” a supposed Jewish artist who captured scenes of 1930s Galicia in 100s of watercolors, at a new exhibition of the History Museum of Kolomyia opening on May 16 at 14:00, for one month. Found as far as Canada, to as […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/between-myth-and-memory-1930s-galicia-by-the-artist-who-never-was/feed/ 0 ‘False Friends’ between Galician and Standard Ukrainian https://forgottengalicia.com/false-friends-between-galician-and-standard-ukrainian/ https://forgottengalicia.com/false-friends-between-galician-and-standard-ukrainian/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:19:23 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51101 When I moved to Ukraine, I had to learn a whole new Ukrainian vocabulary. It turned out that I had grown up speaking a Galician diasporic Ukrainian, which used many dialectisms, Polonisms, and archaisms, and which was absent of Russification. To keep track of the differences between the two lexicons, […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/false-friends-between-galician-and-standard-ukrainian/feed/ 0 Cultural Confluence: Exploring Shared Songs Across Ukrainian and Polish Traditions https://forgottengalicia.com/cultural-confluence-exploring-shared-songs-across-ukrainian-and-polish-traditions/ https://forgottengalicia.com/cultural-confluence-exploring-shared-songs-across-ukrainian-and-polish-traditions/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:34:05 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50978 During a visit to Kraków the week before Christmas, I attended a small gathering at an acquaintance’s apartment. While they sang Polish Christmas carols, one particular melody stood out to me — it was remarkably similar to a Ukrainian Christmas carol, with lyrics that resembled those of its Ukrainian counterpart. […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/cultural-confluence-exploring-shared-songs-across-ukrainian-and-polish-traditions/feed/ 0 Emperor Franz Joseph I’s 1880 Tour of Galicia: In Paintings https://forgottengalicia.com/emperor-franz-joseph-is-1880-tour-of-galicia-in-paintings/ https://forgottengalicia.com/emperor-franz-joseph-is-1880-tour-of-galicia-in-paintings/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:20:02 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51905 In 1880, the then 50-year-old Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I, undertook a journey during which he visited the area of two crown lands: Galicia (including the Grand Duchy of Kraków) and Bukovina. The emperor traveled by train, mainly on the lines of the Karl Ludwig Railway and the Galician […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/emperor-franz-joseph-is-1880-tour-of-galicia-in-paintings/feed/ 0 Long Live Skrypnykivka: How the Galician Diaspora Preserved the Ukrainian Orthography of 1928 https://forgottengalicia.com/long-live-skrypnykivka-how-the-galician-diaspora-preserved-the-ukrainian-orthography-of-1928/ https://forgottengalicia.com/long-live-skrypnykivka-how-the-galician-diaspora-preserved-the-ukrainian-orthography-of-1928/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:12:15 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=51083 The old Ukrainian diaspora, primarily originating from Galicia, has been instrumental in preserving linguistic elements predating the 1933 orthography, which marked the onset of russification in Ukrainian orthographic tradition. Alongside, this community has safeguarded distinctive Galician linguistic and orthographic customs, which have gradually faded within Galicia itself. This article has […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/long-live-skrypnykivka-how-the-galician-diaspora-preserved-the-ukrainian-orthography-of-1928/feed/ 0 Ferrum Lwów Sidewalk Stamps https://forgottengalicia.com/ferrum-lwow-sidewalk-stamps-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ferrum-lwow-sidewalk-stamps-lviv/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:36:00 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=1292 Ferrum-Lwów Machine Factory and Iron and Metal Foundry was part of a large company that had factories in several cities including Łódź, Poznań, Kraków, and Sosnowiec near Katowice. In Lviv, the factory was located in the Pidzamche neighborhood and in addition to various iron and metal works such as manhole covers and […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/ferrum-lwow-sidewalk-stamps-lviv/feed/ 0 Waterworks Plates of Lviv https://forgottengalicia.com/waterworks-plates/ https://forgottengalicia.com/waterworks-plates/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:15:54 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=196 Before World War II, companies that installed plumbing and sewers in Lviv (Lwów/Lemberg) attached plates on building where such services were provided. A few of these plates, which state in Polish that “wodociąg w tym domu” (water supply in this house) was installed by such and such company, can still […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/waterworks-plates/feed/ 0 Made in Ukraine: Lviv Shopping Guide https://forgottengalicia.com/lviv-shopping-guide/ https://forgottengalicia.com/lviv-shopping-guide/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:34:09 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=5201 An Alternative Shopping Guide to Lviv’s City Center A list of the best places to find all things made in Ukraine, clothing, local artwork, infused vodka and craft beer, as well as antiques. Clothing & Accessories & Home Decor Ukraine’s craft industry has really taken off in the last few […]

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