Lemky on Zinkivschyni (Poltava region): on the question of regional identity ethnic group

Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

In the article the regional characteristics of traditional household culture Lemky’s community in Zinkivschyna (Poltava region), the adaptation of Lemky in the new situation after the deportation of Kamiana, Nova Sanhivska region Krakow (Poland) as a result of «Operation Visla» (1945-1947) to the present. The transformation processes of self Lemky’s population and rational assertion of identity in Poltava in the Soviet era and the years of independence of Ukraine. Exploring the processes of transformation of the consciousness of the Lemky’s immigrants and defending their national identity in the Soviet Era, in the years of independence of Ukraine, the Lemky’s cultural development of the community in Zinkovskiy geographical area, Poltava region, the author notes that despite attempts at assimilation, denationalization, deportation, ethnic group survived until today in Western Ukraine. The attention is focused on the fact that the new ethnic environment in Eastern Ukraine had a negative impact on the development of Lemky’s culture. The author argues that among the forms of Lemky’s ethno-cultural heritage revival in Zinkivschyna (Poltava region). It is noted that the new ethnic environment negatively influenced the development of the Lemky’s culture , and sometimes complete loss of traditions, rituals, dialect, material culture and ideology except regionality

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Larysa Shapoval

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Larysa Shapoval (2016). Lemky on Zinkivschyni (Poltava region): on the question of regional identity ethnic group. Eminak, 2(2), 67-92. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-227421