Ukrainian Greek Catholic weekly Meta on the Polish policy towards the Ukrainian minority

The article describes how the environment of “Meta” periodic assessed the approach of Polish government towards the Ukrainian minority during years 1918-1939 (the so-called Second Republic of Poland). “Meta” was a weekly magazine issued by the Ukrainian Catholic Association, published under the auspices of the metropolitan of Lvov, Andrzej Szeptycki. Archbishop Szeptycki was a leader of Ukrainian religious and socio-political life and his opinions had significant impact on Ukrainian minority in Poland. The journalists who wrote for "Meta" criticized the Polish government’s ethnic policy towards Ukrainians. The political environment centered around this Greek-Catholic periodic attempted to work out their own conception of legal regulations aiding the situation of Ukrainian minority in Poland. On the other hand the formation of the Ukrainian Catholic Association and "Meta" was aimed at limiting the influence of the radical Ukrainian nationalists united in OUN.