Rocznik Ruskiej Bursy

Front Matter

2022-12-18

Between Legal and Real Recognition: The Identity Politics of Lemko Activists

Ewa Michna — 2022-12-18

The article analyzes the identity policy pursued by those Lemko activists for whom the political transformation of the early 1990s allowed to express of their identity unfetteredly. The democratization of social life conducted the next stage of Lemkos’ emancipation, which began along with the process of national differentiation of the Eastern Slavs. This paper presents the main challenges that ethnic activists from the group with a disputed by various social actors status have faced. It reveals the emancipation of the Lemko community with a diachronic approach, considering changes caused by the formalization of the group, with its inclusion in the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and on the regional languages.

Russia as a Mythical Land: The Compensatory Role of Ideas about Russianness in Lemko Cultural Texts

Helena Duć-Fajfer — 2022-12-18

RUSSIA AS A MYTHICAL LAND: THE COMPENSATORY ROLE OF IDEAS ABOUT RUSSIANNESS IN LEMKO CULTURAL TEXTS

The study attempts to identity the imaginary constructs presented in Lemko literature referred to Russia and Russianness. Social and geopolitical conditions of the formation of the Lemko ethnic identity played a key role in their creation. In the text the hypostases of Russianness, concretizing themselves in the Lemko identity discourse, are singled out: the myth of the righteous tsar – the defender of persecuted Ruthenians and the vision of Russia as a land of prosperity. Personal and textual examples of the impact of these myths are presented. Social utopias built on their basis are described. The consequences of the political interpretation of these mythical and cultural images for the fate of the entire Lemko community are indicated.

A Transparent Presence? Jewish‑Lemko Relations in the Grybów Region: A Contribution to Research

Jolanta Kruszniewska — 2022-12-18

This paper treats the possibilities of studying Lemko‑ Jewish relations and attempts to delineate possible levels of contacts as a prime subject of descriptions. Lemkos and Jews were aware of their separateness and their existence beyond the boundaries of particular social structures. The presence of Jews in Lemkivshchyna became one of the reasons for the interactions between two cultures: in the neighborly, commercial, and social fields. Living within a small community, they had to exchange services: for instance, in Lemko villages, deliveries from Jewish women were received by midwives‑Lemko women. Also, as social groups, Jews and Lemkos were influenced by external factors and political pressures. During World War II, they experienced repressions, displacements, and were terrorized. In the face of danger, many neighborly bonds also turned into helping Jews.

Neighborhood Relations between the Romany and Lemkos in the Biography of Michal Olesnovich

Monika Szewczyk — 2022-12-18

The paper draws on the author’s doctoral dissertation “Dynamics of the Migration of Carpathian Romany to the Western and Northern Territories”. Based on the collected research material, in the article the Roma‑Lemko relations from the perspective of the Romany and Lemkos before the deportation from the Lemko region and after their settlement in the Western Territories is presented.

Emil Kubek’s “Others”: Class, Nation, and Race in Carpatho-Rusyn American Literature

Nick Kupensky — 2022-12-18

W niniejszym artykule przeprowadzono analizę sposobu przedstawiania terminów „swój” i „inny” w prozie i poezji karpacko‑ rusińskiego pisarza, Emila Kubeka. Jako ksiądz katolicki obrządku bizantyńskiego Kubek często wybiera bohaterów znajdujących się na marginesie społeczeństwa – ubogich, poniżanych, uciśnionych, co pozwala mu kojarzyć Amerykanów narodowości karpacko‑ rusińskiej z różnorodnymi grupami społecznymi. Czerpiąc z ówczesnych kategorii klasowych, narodowych i rasowych, Kubek niekiedy częściej niż z białymi Amerykanami identyfikuje Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia z innymi „ludami pomiędzy” (Włosi) lub rasami (Afroamerykanie). Podczas gdy estetyka Kubeka zachęcała jego czytelników do kultywowania etyki wyrażającej współczucie i solidarność z innymi, kolejne pokolenia Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia porzuciły ten imperatyw i w dużej mierze zasymilowały się z białą kulturą amerykańską.

Thinking of the Alien

Bernard Valdenfels — 2022-12-18

Richard Meehan Renoff (b. March 2, l935-d. Westbury, Long Island, April 4, 2015): An Appreciation

Bogdan Horbal — 2022-12-18

“Moods of Foreign Nationalities”

Natalia Małecka‑Nowak — 2022-12-18

“Moods of Foreign Nationalities”

Natalia Małecka‑Nowak — 2022-12-18

Introduction

Helena Duć-Fajfer — 2022-12-18

Introduction

Helena Duć-Fajfer — 2022-12-18

With Their Backs to the Mountains (Script for a Dance Theater Performance of “Ruthenia” – the Folk Group, 2021)

Petro Medvіd' — 2022-12-18

Back Matter

2022-12-18

I Believed

Paweł Ksenycz — 2022-12-18

Lemko Discourse in External Spaces

Helena Duć-Fajfer — 2022-12-18

Review of Ritorni. Powroty. Bepтаня. Antologia poezji łemkowskiej

Dariusz Łukaszewski — 2022-12-18