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The Fellow Who Made Himself President of a European Republic: Gregory Ignatius Zhatkovych

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Paul Robert Magocsi*
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Abstract

This is the first comprehensive biography based on unique archival sources about Gregory Ignatius Zhatkovych, a Pittsburgh-based lawyer, who in 1918–1919 was instrumental in the creation of Czechoslovakia and the inclusion of its far eastern region, Subcarpathian Rus'/Ruthenia, into the new country.

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Central EuropeDiaspora engagementEastern Europenational identity
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 49 , Issue 5 , September 2021 , pp. 838 - 854
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