The Pittsburgh chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society
will host a lecture and slide presentation by noted historian, Bill
Tarkulich, about the significant yet little-known 1944
BATTLE OF THE DUKLA PASS.
The event will take place on Saturday afternoon July 26th, 2008 at 3:00
p. m., at the
Carpatho-Rusyn Society National Cultural Center in Munhall.
This World War II battle was fought at a
strategic Carpathian mountain pass, which became the first Slovakia
territory freed from German occupation. The focus of this presentation is a broad-brush
overview of the lands, the people, the strategic value of this region,
the events and their impacts. This is not a technical analysis of the
battle. Anyone with friends, family or research interest in Eastern
Slovakia will find this lecture to be of interest. The battle was
fought in and around Carpatho-Rusyn settlements in Slovakia and Poland.
This is the third presentation of this lecture.
The first two were in New Jersey and Connecticut.
The Carpatho-Rusyn
Society National Cultural Center was originally built in 1903 and in
1929 it was chosen as the cathedral for the Ruthenian Greek Catholic
Exarchate in America. The church was patterned after the Cathedral
of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Uzhorod, Ukraine, a major city in
the Rusyn homeland.
Location: 427 E 10th Ave Munhall, PA.
Munhall is 5 miles from downtown Pittsburgh.
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