Lemko-Rusyn Republic

Infobox Former Country|
native_name=Ruska Narodna Respublika Lemkiv
conventional_long_name=Lemko Rusyn Republic of Florynka
common_name=Lemko-Rusyn Republic

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continent=Europe
region= Eastern Europe
country=Poland
era= World War I
government_type=republic
year_start=1918
year_end=1920
date_start=5 December 1918
date_end=March 1920
p1= Austria-Hungary
flag_p1= Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_1869-1918.svg
s1=Second Polish Republic
flag_s1=Flag of Poland.svg
capital=Florynka
common_languages=Lemko
leader1=Jaroslav Kacmarcyk
title_leader1= President

Lemko-Rusyn Republic or Ruska Narodna Respublika Lemkiv was founded in Florynka on December 5, 1918, in the aftermath of World War I, after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As a Russophile organization, it originally had the intent of unification with a democratic Russia, and opposed union with the West Ukrainian National Republic. As union with Russia was not possible, it attempted to join with Carpathian Ruthenia on the southern slopes of the Carpathians as an autonomous province of Czechoslovakia. The republic was headed by the President of the Central National Council, Doctor Jaroslav Kacmarcyk. It was ended by the Polish government in March 1920. Its fate was sealed by the Peace of Riga later that year.

This state should be distinguished from the short-lived Komancza Republic of eastern Lemkivshchyna. This was a smaller, Ukrainiophile organization, lasting from November 1918 to January 23, 1919.

See also

*Lemkos

External links

* [http://www.rusyn.org/hisflorynka.html History of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic]
* [http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/lemkos/lemrepub.htm Paul R. Magocsi article on the Lemko Republic]