ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE LEGACY OF YULIAN TARNOVYCH AS THE EDITOR OF “NASH LEMKО”

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to investigate the peculiarities of Y. Tarnovych’s articulation of the multi-layered subject of international relations in the columns of the newspaper “Nash Lemko”. The research methodology is based on the combination of principles (historicism and objectivity) and methods (philosophical, general scientific and special-historical) of scientific research, which are usual for works on the historical science. The scientific novelty of the article consists in an attempt to comprehensive reconstruction of Y. Tarnovych's journalism on the pages of “Nash Lemko”, dedicated to the relations of Ukrainians with Poles, Russians and Jews. Conclusions. Summarizing the journalistic work of Y. Tarnovych devoted to the problems of international relations presented on the pages of “Nash Lemko”, it was noted that its content was determined by life itself. After all, in his daily life, the Ruthenian was often frustrated by the aggressive national and fiscal policy of the Polish state, Russian agitators with Bolshevik and Muscophile slogans, as well as the desire for unjust profit from Jewish innkeepers and resellers. All this prompted the editor of the first Ruthenian newspaper to intensify reflection on difficult relations with neighbors from a historical perspective and in the reality of the time he lived in. The consequences of such reflection for Y. Tarnovych was teaching Lemko readers to resist to the manipulations of uninvited guests. In some places, as it was in the Jewish case, such advice was influenced by the xenophobia prevalent on the eve of the Second World War and harmed the Ruthenians themselves in their attempts to find a model of possible harmonious inter-ethnic coexistence with neighbors. However, in general, the journalistic work of the editor of “Nash Lemko” contributed to the establishment of the Sobornost ideology and values of public activism in the Ruthenian environment. This helped the Lemkos to acquire the necessary unity and stability in times of military confrontation, to quickly self-organize after being expelled from their native lands, and to build an equal dialogue with representatives of different peoples in their new countries of residence. Key words: Y. Tarnovych, international relations, journalism, “Our Lemko”, the Second Polish Republic.