"Ethnographic groups of Ukrainians in the Carpathians. Lemky ”is a scientific and journalistic work prepared by experienced scientists of the world-famous Academic Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine under the leadership of Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Professor Stepan Pavlyuk. This monographic study reflects the originality of the Lemkos, a thorough analysis covers the full range of their traditional material culture - folk architecture, clothing, food, basic and auxiliary occupations, crafts and handicrafts, etc., as well as spiritual culture with its ceremonial richness of beliefs from paganism to Christianity, traditional knowledge, folklore, etc. Lemkos, as one of the most prominent ethnographic groups of Ukrainians, deserve an unconditional comprehensive study of historical and social life and cultural traditions. It was the Lemkos who had a particularly difficult time because of the political situation: to be enslaved for several centuries not only by one occupier, but also to be part of several foreign states at the same time, but not to surrender, not to lose their Ukrainian identity, while maintaining moral greatness and strength of spirit. national self-awareness in the most difficult historical trials. Lemkiv and Lemkivshchyna should be considered not in the conventional sense as the Ukrainian diaspora, but as a Ukrainian abroad, whose population continues to live in their historical homeland, but in the political conditions of another state. The publication is designed for the scientific humanities, as well as all those who are interested in the cultural wealth of the Ukrainian people.
