TheKomańcza Republic,[a]also known as theEastern Lemko Republic,[b]Vyslik Republic,[c]andLemko Republic,[d]was a short-livedmicrostate,an association of thirty threeLemkovillages, seated inKomańczain the east of theLemko 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 NationalCountyCouncil) Rev.Panteleymon Shpylka.
Komancza Republic Команча́нська Респу́бліка | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1919 | circa 18,000 | ||||||||
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Unlike the contemporaneousLemko Republicto its west (which sought unification with theRussian Soviet Republic), the Komancza Republic planned to unite with theWest Ukrainian People's Republicin an independent Ukrainian state. However, this was suppressed by thePolishgovernment as part of thePolish–Ukrainian War.
TheTreaty of Saint-GermainmadeGaliciawest of theSanPolish.[1]
List of villages constituting the Republic
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edit- ^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.ISBN0-295-98146-6.OCLC47097699.
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