Changes in the distribution and structure of the Lemko population in Nowy Sącz Countyin the years 1900–1947 Cover Image

Zmiany w rozmieszczeniu i strukturze ludności łemkowskiej na terenie powiatu nowosądeckiego w latach 1900–1947
Changes in the distribution and structure of the Lemko population in Nowy Sącz Countyin the years 1900–1947

Author(s): Anna Wilk
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne
Keywords: Lemkos; Lemkivshchyna; resettlements; displacements; Operation Vistula; ethnic group; Nowy Sącz County

Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes an analysis of the changes in the social structure of the Lemko population which took place in the period between 1900 and the displacements of the years 1945–1947 in the territory of Nowy Sącz County, whose south-eastern areas formed part of the so-called Lemkivshchyna ethnographic region. The author of the paper also uses existing historical research to determine the factors which influenced the changes in the structure of the above defined ethnic group in terms of population size, identity, and religion, as well as discusses the characteristic features of Lemko settlements and their transformations.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 58-77
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish