Andriy Khomyk
70th Anniversary of criminal “Action Vistula”. Design by Andriy KhomykAfter the establishment of new borders between the USSR and its new satellite the Polish Peoples’ Republic as a consequence of World War II, only 700,000 Ukrainians remained on the territory of Poland. Between the two world wars on the territory of the Second Polish Republic…
Lemko (Лемківщина; Lemkivshchyna) and Lemko region is a large territory traditionally inhabited by the Lemko peoples of Ukraine, Poland and Slovak territory since stone age times. After the deportation of Lemkos from the northern part in 1946, only the southern part, southwest of the Carpathian Mountains do these people remain, which is known as the Presov Region…
OOL President Mark Howansky presented to members of the Ukrainian-American Youth Association (CYM) New York City Branch about Lemko culture and history, including Akcja “Wisla”.
