Ukrainian history Archives - Forgotten Galicia

‘Czerwony Pas’ & ‘Verkhovyno’: The Story of a Polish and Ukrainian ‘Folk’ Song

Areta — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:31:45 +0000

Today, both the Poles and Ukrainians have a beloved song about the Hutsul Carpathian highlanders, sung in their own languages to a similar melody. How did this come to be? The Polish Story Karpaccy Górale We must first look back at the first half of the nineteenth century. This is […]

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Ukrainian Societies in Galicia: Boyan

Areta — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:52:53 +0000

Name: BoyanType: Choral and musical societyGoal: To support the development of Ukrainian musical culture and choral singing; to offer music education and music printingFirst society founded: In Lviv by Ruska Besida, in particular by Anatol VakhnianynYears active: 1891 until WWII In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several societies […]

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The Pearl on the Sian River: The Ukrainian Narodnyi Dim in Peremyshl

Areta — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 09:18:19 +0000

By Kasia Komar-Macyńska for Nasze Słowo The history about the uniqueness of the architecture and secrets held by the Narodnyi Dim (National or People’s Home) in Peremyshl (Przemyśl). In 2021, this building will be 117 years old. Exploring its past is like collecting puzzle pieces that were scattered all over the house […]

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Outliving Them All: Ukrainians & Lviv’s Dormition Church

Areta — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:04:05 +0000

By Chris Wilkinson The majority of churches in Lviv’s Old Town seem to have one thing in common, namely that their wooden predecessors were reduced to ashes by fire. They were then rebuilt in stone, a material that could withstand both the ravages of fire and time. On multiple occasions, […]

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Ukrainian Societies in Galicia: Prosvita

Areta — Thu, 09 May 2019 09:41:13 +0000

This post kicks off a series of articles Forgotten Galicia will be publishing about Ukrainian societies and cooperatives in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The natural place to begin is with the Prosvita society — the oldest civic organization in Galicia that was created to spread education and […]

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