The Myth of Galicia, Martin Pollack
Full remarks by Dr. Martin Pollack, “The Myth of Galicia”, presented at the The Eleventh Annual Volodymyr Dylynsky Memorial Lecture, St. Vladimir Institute, Toronto, Canada, 9 March 2016.
- 2:00 There is not one myth of Galicia. There is a Polish myth of Galicia, a Ukrainian myth of Galicia, an Austrian myth of Galicia, a Jewish myth of Galicia. Each has its own meaning. Galicia was a multi-ethnic, multicultural country, with many different ethnic groups living side by side
- 4:00 Galicia is praised as a model of civilization. Galacia can be seen as a failed experiment
- 5:02 Galicia is Arcadia of failings, a poorhouse of the Habsburg monarchy. Galicia is half Asia
- 6:17 Myth of Galicia as Piedmont shared by Poles and Ukrainians alike
- 6:52 Galicia evokes nostalgic moments in both Poland and Ukraine
- 7:50 Galicia is a phenomenon of Central Europe
- 10:02 Writers: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (born in Lviv, Ukraine), Joseph Roth, Martin Buber, Rabbi Nahman, Bruno Schulz (born in Drohobych, Ukraine), Julian Stryjkowski (born in Strij, Ukraine)
- 11:00 Yuriy Andrukhovych, Taras Prokhasko, Halyna Petrosanyak (Юрій Андрухович, Тарас Прохасько, Халіна Петросаняк) all born in Ivano-Frankivsk (formerly Stanyslaviv)
- 12:40 Galicia had 2.6 million inhabitants, 200,000 were Jews
- 13:23 In 1914 Galicia had a population of 8.2 million (46% Roman Catholic, 42% Greek Catholic. 11% Jewish faith)
- 14:18 Galicia had some natural resources, but not many, e.g. salt, oil (oil fields in Drohobych, Boryslav)
- 15:50 Galicia Hell, Ivan Franko
- 17:04 Polish writer criticizes the Jewish oil magnates in Galicia, Ukraine
- 17:35 Galicia was blessed with fertile land, even black earth, but not enough to feed its inhabitants; over population, backward agricultural farming techniques, small land holdings led to endemic famine
- 18:24 Polish industrialist Stanisław Szczepanowski Nędza Galicji w cyfrach i program energicznego rozwoju gospodarstwa krajowego (1888) (Нещастя Галичини в цифрах та програма енергетичного розвитку національної ферми)
- 19:20 Ivan Franko was a brilliant publicist in German; Years of hunger in Galicia: 1847, 1849, 1855, 1865, 1876, 1889
- 20:27 Paul Robert Magocsi
- 21:10 Development of railroad in Galicia was very important
- 22:18 Galicia known throughout the Monarchy for its deeply rooted corruption, Galicia elections was known as rigged elections; alcohol and alcoholism was prevenlant in eastern Galicia, Bukovyna. The people were not drunkards, rather, much of the pay from owners was given peasants in alcohol
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Пізнавати різні куточки України найкраще через розповіді місцевих мешканців або тих, хто має тут свою власну історію. У п’ятій розповіді музиканти Олег Михайлюта, відомий як Фагот, та Олександр Сидоренко (Фоззі) познайомлять зі своїм рідним Харковом. Хлопці очолюють гурт «Танок на Майдані Конґо» (ТНМК) та є одними з яскравих амбасадорів свого міста. Разом з ними побачити, які перетворення відбулись у Харкові, поїхав засновник проєкту Ukraїner Богдан Логвиненко.
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00:02:38 1 Names
00:03:20 2 Geography
00:04:38 2.1 Climate
00:05:22 3 History
00:08:16 3.1 Galicia–Volhynia Wars
00:10:40 3.2 Kingdom of Poland
00:15:56 3.3 Habsburg Empire
00:22:09 3.3.1 First World War
00:23:02 3.4 Polish–Ukrainian War
00:26:51 3.5 Interbellum period
00:29:35 3.6 World War II and the Soviet incorporation
00:31:13 3.7 German occupation
00:35:32 3.8 Liberation from Nazis
00:37:37 3.9 Post-war Soviet Union
00:42:14 3.10 Independent Ukraine
00:43:14 4 Administrative division
00:44:17 5 Demographics
00:45:18 5.1 Historical populations
00:49:48 5.2 The ethnic Polish population
00:51:39 5.3 The Jewish population
00:54:42 6 Economy
01:00:12 6.1 Information technology
01:02:53 7 Culture
01:04:19 7.1 Architecture
01:05:51 7.2 Monuments
01:08:19 7.3 Religion
01:08:55 7.3.1 Christianity
01:10:51 7.3.2 Judaism
01:12:25 7.4 Arts
01:15:13 7.5 Theatre and opera
01:16:59 7.6 Museums and art galleries
01:19:01 7.7 Music
01:23:41 7.8 Universities and academia
01:26:35 7.9 Mathematics
01:27:39 7.10 Print and media
01:31:40 7.11 In cinema and literature
01:33:41 7.12 Parks
01:36:54 7.13 Sport
01:41:52 8 Tourism
01:43:42 9 Popular culture
01:45:34 10 Public transportation
01:48:19 10.1 Railways
01:50:55 10.2 Air transport
01:53:46 10.3 Bicycle lanes
01:55:55 11 Education
01:58:00 11.1 Universities
01:59:45 12 Notable people
01:59:54 12.1 Writers and authors
02:01:45 12.2 Musicians and composers
02:03:12 12.3 Philosophers, scholars, and doctors
02:04:57 12.4 Chess and gaming
02:05:43 12.5 Actors, singers, and directors
02:06:47 12.6 Painters
02:07:36 12.7 Military leaders
02:08:08 12.8 Government officials and politicians
02:09:04 12.9 Clergy
02:10:46 12.10 Sports
02:11:33 13 International relations
02:11:43 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
02:11:54 14 See also
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Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів [lʲwiu̯] (listen); Old East Slavic: Львіхород; Polish: Lwów [lvuf] (listen); Russian: Львов, romanized: Lvov [lʲvof]; German: Lemberg; Latin: Leopolis; see also other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of 724,713 as of January 2019. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
Named in honour of Leo, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia, it was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (also called the Kingdom of Ruthenia) from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great who then became known as the King of Poland and Ruthenia. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, for a short time, it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.
After the German-Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Lviv became part of the Soviet Union, and in 1944–46 there was a population exchange between Poland and Soviet Ukraine. In 1991, it became part of the independent nation of Ukraine.
Administratively, Lviv serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and has the status of city of oblast significance.
Lviv was the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia. The historical heart of the city, with its old buildings and cobblestone streets, survived Soviet and German occupations during World War II largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as Lviv University and Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is also the home of many cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The histori ...