The approximate extent of the territory claimed by the Lemko Republic (yellow).
Capital
Florynka
Common languages
Rusyn
Government
Republic
President
• 1918-1920
Jaroslav Kacmarcyk
Historical era
Interwar period
• Established
5 December 1918
• Disestablished
March 1920
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Second Polish Republic
Today part of
Poland
Map detailing the Galician administrative units claimed by the Lemko RepublicMap of the areas claimed and controlled by the Carpathian Ruthenia, the Lemko Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918
Lemko-Rusyn People's Republic (Rusyn: Руска Народна Република Лемків, romanized: Ruska Narodna Respublika Lemkiv, lit. 'Rusyn National Republic of Lemkos'), often known also as the Lemko-Rusyn Republic, just the Lemko Republic, or the Florynka Republic, was a short-lived state founded on 5 December 1918 in the aftermath of World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[1] It was centered on Florynka, a village in the south-east of present-day Poland. Being Russophile, its intent was unification with a democratic Russia and was opposed to a union with the West Ukrainian People's Republic. A union with Russia proved impossible, so the Republic then attempted to join Subcarpathian Rus' as an autonomous province of Czechoslovakia. This, however, was opposed by the then governor of Subcarpathian Rus', Gregory Žatkovič.
The Republic was headed by Jaroslav Kacmarcyk as President of the Central National Council. It was ended in March 1920 when the Polish government arrested Kacmarcyk and other members of the Lemko government.[2] Its fate was sealed by the September 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain, which gave Galicia west of the San to Poland[3] and by the Peace of Riga in March 1921 whereby the fait accompli was recognized by Moscow.
This state should not be confused with the Komancza Republic of eastern Lemko Region, another short-lived republic. This was a smaller pro-Ukrainian state that existed between November 1918 and 23 January 1919.
^Magocsi, Paul Robert (Fall 1993). "The Ukrainian question between Poland and Czechoslovakia: The Lemko Rusyn republic (1918-1920) and political thought in western Rus'-Ukraine". Nationalities Papers. 21 (2): 95–103. doi:10.1080/00905999308408278. S2CID 154943090.
^Mazur, Zachary (2023). "Mini-States and Micro-Sovereignty: Local Democracies in East Central Europe, 1918–1923". Contemporary European History: 1–14. doi:10.1017/S0960777323000188. ISSN 0960-7773. S2CID 258159097.
^Magocsi, Paul Robert (2002) [1993]. "Central Europe 1918-1923". Historical Atlas of Central Europe. A History of East Central Europe. Vol. 1 (revised and expanded ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-295-98146-6. OCLC 47097699.
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