


Collection of Yaroslava Galyk

The Anthracite Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Nicholas Bervinchak. Sunday Morning. The Lemkos of southeast Poland first began migrating to Coal Country in northeast Pennsylvania in the 1870’s in search of a better life. What they often found there was grinding poverty even...

Collection of Petro Murianka
Courtesy of Наталка Криничанка

Lemkos and The Ukrainian National Association
…so what’s the connection? Most of you have heard of the Ukrainian National Association, (the UNA). After all, it operates Soyuzivka; it publishes the Ukrainian language newspaper “Svoboda” and the English language “The Ukrainian...

Collection of Diana Howansky-Reilly
photos submitted by D. Howansky-Reilly

Collection of Andriy Khomyk
photos submitted by A. Khomyk

Lemko Lecture to NYC CYM. April 2017
OOL President Mark Howansky presented to members of the Ukrainian-American Youth Association (CYM) New York City Branch about Lemko culture and history, including Akcja “Wisla”.

Svoboda and the making of the Ukrainian American, 1893-1914
by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas The article below was originally published in the 1983 UNA Almanac. Prior to 1914, few emigres from Ukraine called themselves “Ukrainians.” During the first 20 years of immigration, they...
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