Open AccessLEMKO EMIGRATION DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD AS REFLECTED BY "NASH LEMKO"
Author(s) -
Volodymyr Nakonechnyi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
prolemi gumanìtarnih nauk: zbìrnik naukovih pracʹ drogobicʹkogo deržavnogo pedagogìčnogo unìversitetu ìmenì ìvana franka. serìâ ìstorìâ/problemi gumanìtarnih nauk. ìstorìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-3715
pISSN - 2312-2595
DOI - 10.24919/2312-2595.5/47.217790
Subject(s) - emigration , newspaper , diaspora , period (music) , popularity , political science , history , law , art , aesthetics
Summary. The purpose of the study is to find out the peculiarities of the coverage of Lemko emigration by the newspaper "Nash Lemko". The article uses the following methods and approaches: systematic, comparative and critical analysis of the source base represented by large text arrays. The application of the content analysis method made it possible to carry out the correct interpretation of various genres of newspaper information. The scientific novelty of the article is a comprehensive analysis of the emigration discourse of the newspaper "Nash Lemko". Conclusions. According to the study, the emigration theme was one of the dominant ones on the pages of "Nash Lemko". Such popularity was caused by the importance of emigration in the life of the Ruthenian community: the possibility of earning more money in a foreign land opened up prospects to change miserable life circumstances. Lemkos abroad were usually almost the last hope for exhausted by poverty fellow villagers. Therefore, the newspaper wrote mostly about the causes and destinations of emigration, as well as covered the life of the Lemko diaspora in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru and others. The newspaper provided detailed information about the social and cultural-educational life of foreign Ruthenians: cultural institutions, concerts, exhibitions and radio programs. However, in a short time, emigration as a means of economic modernization became the means for leaving the country completely, transforming into the main threat to Lemko’s existence in their native lands. Therefore, "Nash Lemko" justifiably initiated anti-emigration sentiments: instead of searching for new "promised" lands, it called for their creation in their native mountains. Along with the adoption of protectionist laws by most countries at the time, this agitation significantly slowed down resettlement processes. This did not save Lemkivshchyna from denationalization because the winners of World War II determined its fate in a completely different way.