Rusyns

Rusyns, also called Ruthenians, Ruthenes, Rusins, Rysins, Carpatho-Rusins, and Russniaks, are a modern group of ethnic groups that speak the Rusyn language and are descended from the Ruthenians that did not become Ukrainians in the 19th century.

History

Some Ruthenian ethnic groups living on the border of the same territory were not fully included into creation of the Ukrainian nation, such as the people from Carpathian Ruthenia, Poleshuks, Ruthenians of Podlachia. Some of them continued to call themselves Ruthenians.

Related Topics:
Ukrainian nation - Carpathian Ruthenia - Poleshuks - Podlachia

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In contrast to the Ukrainian national movement, modern Ruthenian movement was based on the concept of unity with Russians. In this sense Carpatho-Ruthenians represent typical ethnicity of borderland and their national awakening is a negation of Ukrainian nationalism.

Related Topics:
Russians - Borderland

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Carpatho-Ruthenian national movement is especially strong amongst those Ruthenian groups that became early geographically separated from Ukrainian ethnic territory (for example Ruthenian settlers in Serbia (Vojvodina), emigrants in USA and Canada).

Related Topics:
Serbia - Vojvodina - USA - Canada

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Tribes of Ruthenians (also known as Rusins, Rusyns, or Rusnaks) are: Lemkos (Lemoks, Lemkians), Boykos (Boyks), Hutsuls (Gutsuls, Hutzuls, or Huculs), Verkhovinetses (Verkhovynetses, Highlanders), Dolinyanins (Haynals).

Related Topics:
Lemkos - Boykos - Hutsuls

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During the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (18th and 19th centuries), some Ruthenians moved to what are now the northern regions of Bosnia, Vojvodina (now Serbia-Montenegro) and Slavonia (now Croatia). There they are called by the name Rusins. Note that until the 1971 Yugoslav census, both Ukrainians (Ukrajinci/Украјинци) and Ruthenians (Rusini/Русини) were recorded collectively as Ruthene, at which point they started being recorded separately, and split up the total number with the Ukrainians forming in a minority; that point is irrelevant however, if one takes into account that Rusins were recorded as a separate nationality by the censuses taken in pre-WWII Poland (see for more detailed examples of that in Cezary Chlebowski's Wachlarz).

Related Topics:
Austro-Hungarian Empire - Bosnia - Vojvodina - Serbia-Montenegro - Slavonia - Croatia - 1971

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With the onset of the Internet, some of the Ruthenian emigrees to the west acquired a vehicle to voice their concerns and try to preserve their separate ethnic and cultural identity.

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