Komancza Republic
The Komancza Republic,[lower-alpha 1] also known as the Eastern Lemko Republic,[lower-alpha 2] Vyslik Republic,[lower-alpha 3] and Lemko Republic,[lower-alpha 4] 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. It was headed by Head of the Council (голова Повітової Української Національної Ради, Head of the Ukrainian National County Council) Rev. Panteleymon Shpylka.
Komancza Republic | |||||||||
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| Capital | Komańcza, Wisłok Wielki (de facto) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Ukrainian | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
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• 1918–1919 | Panteleymon Shpylka | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||
• Established | 4 November 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 24 January 1919 | ||||||||
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• 1919 | circa 18,000 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland Slovakia Ukraine | ||||||||
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Unlike the contemporaneous Lemko Republic to its west (which sought unification with the Russian Soviet Republic), the Komancza Republic planned to unite with the West Ukrainian People's Republic in an independent Ukrainian state. However, this was suppressed by the Polish government as part of the Polish–Ukrainian War.
The Treaty of Saint-Germain made Galicia west of the San Polish.[1]
List of villages constituting the Republic
Notes
References
- Magocsi, Paul Robert (2002) [1993]. "Central Europe 1918-1923". Historical Atlas of Central Europe. A History of East Central Europe. Vol. 1 (revised and expanded ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-295-98146-6. OCLC 47097699.