SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL LIFE OF THE POBEREZHIA VILLAGE IN 1919-1939

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of the Poberezhia village inhabitants’ cultural, educational and socioeconomic life as the typical countryside settlement of the Eastern Galicia of the interwar period (1919–1939). The social conditions of the local population residence were highlighted. They depended directly on the size of the land allotment. It was found that the agriculture and small industries related to the processing of agricultural raw materials and natural materials were the main vectors of economic activity in the Poberezhia village. The effectiveness of this activity consisted in the qualitative peasants’ self-organization for the cooperative movement. The situation of education in the village and the struggle of Poberezhia inhabitants for the Ukrainian language of education and a national-cultural consciousness preservation, where the important place was given to such public associations as «Ridna Shkola», «Prosvita», «Luh» and «Sokil», were analyzed. It was investigated that the local military-patriotic organization «Polski Związek Strzelecki» was provided by Poberezhia Polish community.