Ruthenians - Wikipedia The Ruthenian language (Ruthenian: ру́скаꙗ мо́ва, русинська мова) was an exonymic linguonym for a closely related group of East Slavic linguistic varieties, particularly those spoken from the 15th to 18th centuries in the East Slavic regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Rusyn | History, Culture Language | Britannica Rusyn, any of several East Slavic peoples (modern-day Belarusians, Ukrainians, and Carpatho-Rusyns) and their languages The name Rusyn is derived from Rus (Ruthenia), the name of the territory that they inhabited
Halgal: Genealogy of Halychyna Eastern Galicia Finally, Ruthenian could refer to the East Slavic peoples of the historic Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which occupied lands in modern-day Belarus and Ukraine The official language of the government and court of this massive empire was known as Ruthenian, or old Belarusian
The Great Unknown: The Ruthenians - Der Erste Weltkrieg The Ruthenian national consciousness was defined first and foremost by allegiance to the Greek-Catholic Church, which had been created in the course of forming the Polish-Lithuanian state through the Union of Brest (1596)
What happened to the ruthenians? - TimesMojo Today, the term Rusyn is used to describe the ethnicity and language of Ruthenians, who are not compelled to adopt the Ukrainian national identity … In 1944 the Soviet Army occupied the territory, and in 1945 it was annexed to the Ukrainian SSR Are lemkos Ukrainian? Lemkos (лемки; lemky)
Ruthenia - Wikipedia Rusyn (the Ruthenian) has been an official self-identification of the Rus' population in Poland (and also in Czechoslovakia) Until 1939, for many Ruthenians and Poles, the word Ukrainiec (Ukrainian) meant a person involved in or friendly to a nationalist movement
Who are the Ruthenians? - Le Monde diplomatique Paul Robert Magocsi, a US historian of Ruthenian descent, says the Ruthenians are a Slav people inhabiting the western slopes of the Carpathians, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina They speak a range of East Slavic dialects, use the Cyrillic alphabet and are traditionally Uniate or Orthodox Christians
Ruthenia - Encyclopedia. com Ruthenia (rōōthē´nēə), Latinized form of the word Russia The term was applied to Ukraine in the Middle Ages when the princes of Halych briefly assumed the title kings of Ruthenia Later, in Austria-Hungary, the term Ruthenians was used to designate the Ukrainian population of W Ukraine, which included Galicia, Bukovina, and Carpathian Ukraine
The Ruthenians - ICR The Ruthenian literary tradition has distinctly manifested itself since the 18 th century when writings in Ruthenian, liturgical Slavonic, Russian and Ukrainian Today, the Ruthenians edit magazines, newspapers and books in their own language in practically all the countries where they live