Komancza Republic

Infobox Former Country
native name=
conventional_long_name=Komancza Republic
common_name=Komancza Republic

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continent=Europe
region=Eastern Europe
country=
era= World War I
government_type=Republic
year_start=1918
year_end=1919
date_start=4 November 1918
date_end=23 January 1919
p1=Austria-Hungary
flag_p1=Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_1869-1918.svg
s1=Second Polish Republic
flag_s1=Flag of Poland.svg
capital=Komańcza
common_languages=Ukrainian, Lemko
leader=Pantelejmon Shpylka
title=President of the Council

The Komancza Republic was an association of 30 Lemko villages, founded in eastern Lemkivshchyna in Komańcza on November 4, 1918. It had a Ukrainiophile orientation, and planned to unite with the West Ukrainian National Republic. It was suppressed by the Polish government on 23 January, 1919 during the Polish-Ukrainian War. Its head of state was the President of the Council, Pantelejmon Shpylka.

External links

* [http://www.lemko.org/magura/scholar/hoshko.html B. Horbal review Of Hoshko's Book]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Ukraine.html#Komancza Short History with flag]