Maslosojuz

Maslosojuz or Maslosoiuz (real name: Association of Dairy Cooperatives) was a Ukrainian dairy cooperation, founded in Stryj in 1904/05. At the beginning it was a branch of Prosvita, and in 1907 it was renamed into National Dairy Union Maslosojuz. By 1914, it united around 100 smaller dairy cooperations, which handled around 7.5 mln liters of milk from Ukrainian farmers in eastern Galicia. The founders of Maslosojuz were: Yevhen Olesnytsky, Ivan Bachynsky, Ostap Nyzhankivsky, and Lev Horalevych.^[1]

After

Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny wrote on 15 January 1937: "The products of Maslosojuz are well known across the nation, and the corporation itself controls all dairy markets of former Eastern Galicia".^[2]

In 1939, Polish authorities incorporated Maslosojuz into the so-called Dairy Cooperation. After

Polish September Campaign, it ceased to exist. Maslosojuz returned in 1941, and was active during German occupation. Finally, it was closed by the Soviets

in 1944.

Before the Second World War, "Maslosoyuz" already united 500,000 of all 800,000 Western Ukrainian farms, that is almost every Ukrainian farm.[3]

References

^ [1] Turning the pages back... January 24, 1862. The Ukrainian Weekly, January 21, 1996.
^ Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny, Friday January 15, 1937, page 3
^ "Легендарне львівське масло: історія "Маслосоюзу" - leopolis.one". 21 December 2022.

[1] [1] Turning the pages back... January 24, 1862. The Ukrainian Weekly, January 21, 1996.

[2] Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny, Friday January 15, 1937, page 3

[3] "Легендарне львівське масло: історія "Маслосоюзу" - leopolis.one". 21 December 2022.

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