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Jaroslav Kacmarcyk

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Jaroslav Kacmarcyk
Kacmarcyk, circa 1919
Born1885
Died1944
NationalityLemko
Other namesIaroslav Karchmarchyk, Jarosław Kaczmarczyk
Known forPresident of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic
TitlePresident of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic
ParentTeofil Kacmarcyk

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]

He was born in Binczarowa, in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (present-day Poland).

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  1. ^ Horbal, Bohdan (1995). "Jaroslav Kaczmarczyk (1885–194?)". Carpatho-Rusyn American. XVIII (2).
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