diaspora Archives - Forgotten Galicia

‘False Friends’ between Galician and Standard Ukrainian

Areta — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:19:23 +0000

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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Long Live Skrypnykivka: How the Galician Diaspora Preserved the Ukrainian Orthography of 1928

Areta — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:12:15 +0000

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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‘Zhuravli’: The Galician Funeral Song

Areta — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:22:20 +0000

I recently discovered that one of my favorite Sich Riflemen (a Ukrainian unit within the Austro-Hungarian Army during WWI) songs, “Chuyesh, brate miy” AKA “Vydysh, brate miy” (Do you hear, my brother), was written in Kraków. It turns out that the song was based on a poem called “Zhuravli” (Cranes) written by […]

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Why Does the Diaspora Write Their Дs So Strangely?

Danylo Centore — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:17:04 +0000

People in Ukraine are usually perplexed when they see Ukrainians from the diaspora write their Дs like this: However, in the American and Canadian diasporas, this is an extremely common way of handwriting the letter Д — that is, a triangle with a leg inside as opposed to a flat-top […]

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The Ukrainian Cooperative Movement in Galicia: Maslosoyuz

Areta — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 09:21:28 +0000

Name: Maslosoyuz (The Dairy Union)Type: Association of dairy cooperativesFounded by: Yevhen Olesnytsky, Ostap Nyzhankivsky, L. Horalevych, I. BachynskyYears active: 1904-1944 The Ukrainian Cooperative Movement, which began in Galicia in 1883, addressed the economic plight of the Ukrainian people through the creation of financial, agricultural, and trade cooperatives that enabled Ukrainians to pool their resources, […]

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My Best Dictionary: Ukrainian Diaspora Children’s Dictionary

Areta — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:05:23 +0000

A few years ago when I was was in Chicago, I found this Ukrainian (English and French) children’s dictionary at home. It was published in Canada—though I’m not sure what year. The book includes a lot of examples of words that are used in the diaspora, but which are no […]

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The Ukrainian Alphabet and the Soft Sign

Areta — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:45:47 +0000

There are several differences in the Ukrainian alphabets used in the diaspora (specifically the community that has its origin from Galicia) and in Ukraine, in particular, how the alphabet is called, the pronunciation of the letters, the melody used to sing the alphabet (or the lack thereof a song), as […]

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Ukrainian Diaspora Vinyl Records

Areta — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:39:32 +0000

Music is a wonderful way to be in touch with one’s heritage, and so it’s no wonder that Ukrainian music flourished in the diaspora, producing many notable bands who have kept the communities in touch with their cultural heritage. Indeed, it was these recordings of Ukrainian folk songs that really […]

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Rover: Bicycle Galician-Style

Areta — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:40:41 +0000

In the Ukrainian diaspora we call a bicycle a “rover” – the word which was commonly used in western Ukraine before the war. Now in Ukraine the name “velosyped” is more widely used, but people in western Ukraine, espеcially in villages, still often say “rover.” (For more about the diaspora language, click here.) The […]

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The Vanishing Galician Lexicon and How It Lingers in the Diaspora

Areta — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:53:52 +0000

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. To keep track of the differences between the two lexicons, as well as to document the way my […]

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