RUTHENIANS


Carpatho-Rusyn sub-groups - Transcarpathian Rusyns in original goral folk-costumes from Maramureş. Photo: Village Mokre near Sanok (Poland). 2007

Carpatho-Rusyn sub-groups - Sanok area Lemkos in original goral folk-costumes from Mokre (Poland)

Rusyn sub-groups - Przemyśl area Rusyns (Ukrainians) in original goral folk-costumes


'Ruthenians' is the English equivalent of the term Rusyn (Русин)[1]. It is an ethnonym applied to eastern Slavic speaking ethnic groups, who inhabit or inhabited the cultural and ethnic region of Ruthenia (Русь).
Ruthenians were Slavic peoples who lived in Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
The term is culturally loaded and has a slightly different meaning according to the context in which it is used.
Generally, the terms "Ruthenians" or "Ruthenes" was the Latin name that referred to the people inhabiting the area that is now present-day Belarus and Ukraine[2] and was used as a generic term for inhabitants of Ukraine up until the early 20th century. It was the ethnonym used by the Ukrainian kozaks to describe themselves.
In recent times the term "Ruthenian", is used to specifically signify the western regions of the eastern Slavic world, in particular the Sub-Carpathian region. "Ruthenian" still is used nominally by a significant group of Eastern Slavs residing in the United States, and by minorities in the western Ukraine, Poland, and Slovakia. These are treated under Rusyns.

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See also



★ Ruthenia

★ Rusyns

★ Litvins

★ Ukrainians

References


1. Omniglot Directory
2. Encyclopedia Britannica

External links



★ Ruthenian in Catholic Encyclopedia

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