Metodyj Trochanovskij

Metodyj Trochanovskij (Методий Трохановский)
Born	May 5. 1885 Binczarowa
Died	1947 Wroclaw
Residence	Binczarowa, Talerhof, Wroclaw
Nationality	Rusyn
Other names	Methodius Trochanowski, Metody Trochanowski
Education	Teacher's Seminary, Krosno
Occupation	schoolteacher, editor
Criminal charge	treason
Criminal penalty	death
Criminal status	execution stayed
Spouse	Konstancija Durkot

Metodyj Trochanovskij (Методий Трохановский), Lemko activist, was born in Binczarowa, Poland, when it was part of the province of Galicia of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on May 5, 1885. At the onset of World War I, he was accused of treason against Austria-Hungary, arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced to death in 1916 during the Second Vienna Trial. The execution was stayed, and he was released from Talerhof in 1917, when it was closed. He was noted for urging his fellow Lemkos to form cooperatives and credit unions, and warned of the dangers of the Ukrainization of the Lemko region. He authored an early primer and grammar of the Lemko form of the Rusyn language.^[1] He was one of the organizers of the event that led to the construction of the Talerhof Cross. He was jailed for his intellectual and political activities by the Nazi invaders in 1941, and in turn by the invading Soviets and the NKVD in 1944. He was freed from prison, but moved with his family to Wroclaw in 1947. He died soon afterwards.

Publications

• Trochanovskij, Metodyj (1935) (in Rusyn) Буквар. Перша книжечка для народных школ. [Bukvar. Perša knyžečka dlja narodnŷch škol.] Lviv 
• Trochanovskij, Metodyj (1936) (in Rusyn) Друга книжечка для народных школ. [Druha knyžečka dlja narodnŷch škol.] 

External links

• Horbal, Bohdan. "Metodyj Trochanovskij (1885-1947)". http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/lemkos/metodyj.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 

References

1. ^ Bogdan Horbal (2005). Custer, Richard D.. ed. "The Rusyn Movement among the Galician Lemkos". Rusyn-American Almanac of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society (Pittsburgh) (10th ANNIVERSARY 2004-2005): 81–91. http://www.lemko.org/scholar/horbal/94.pdf. 

Persondata
Name	Trochanovskij, Metodyj
Alternative names
Short description	Lemko
Date of birth	May 5, 1885
Place of birth	Binczarowa
Date of death	1947
Place of death	Wroclaw