Doctor Jaroslav Kacmarcyk or Jarosław Kaczmarczyk, also spelled Iaroslav Karchmarchyk (1885–1944) was the head of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic from 1918 to 1920. He was tried by the Polish government for anti-Polish agitation on June 6, 1921, and was acquitted.[1]
Jaroslav Kacmarcyk | |
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![]() Kacmarcyk, circa 1919 | |
Born | 1885 |
Died | 1944 |
Nationality | Lemko |
Other names | Iaroslav Karchmarchyk, Jarosław Kaczmarczyk |
Known for | President of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic |
Title | President of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic |
Parent | Teofil Kacmarcyk |
He was born in Binczarowa, in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (present-day Poland).
References
edit- ^ Horbal, Bohdan (1995). "Jaroslav Kaczmarczyk (1885–194?)". Carpatho-Rusyn American. XVIII (2).
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20070524013638/http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/cra/chap4.htm
- http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/lemkos/lemkos.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100614110731/http://www.rusyn.org/hisflorynka.html
- Biography with photo