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The area of present-day Carpathian Ruthenia was probably settled by Slavic tribes in the 6th century.
The Ruthene population was ethnically the same as the population of the areas north of the Carpathian Mountains.
As a result of war losses, emigration and extermination of Hungarian-speaking Jews, the Hungarian-speaking population of Carpathian Ruthenia decreased to from 161,000 in 1941 (Hungarian census) to 66,000 in 1947 (Soviet census); the low 1947 number is doubtless in part a result of Hungarians' fear to declare their true nationality.
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  Carpathian Ruthenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukrainian Карпатська Русь, Karpats'ka Rus') or Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was a part of the Hungarian kingdom (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
Following separation of Carpathian Ruthenia from Hungary, the Hungarian population decreased slightly; the Hungarian census of 1910 shows 185,433, the Czechoslovak census of 1921 shows 111,052, but much of this difference presumably reflects differences in methodology and definitions rather than such a large decline in the region's ethnic Hungarian (Magyar) or Hungarian-speaking population.
As a result of war losses, emigration and extermination of Hungarian-speaking Jews, the Hungarian-speaking population of Carpathian Ruthenia decreased to from 161,000 in 1941 (Hungarian census) to 66,000 in 1947 (Soviet census); the low 1947 number is doubtless in part a result of Hungarians' fear to declare their true nationality.
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 Carpathian Ruthenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukrainian Карпатська Русь, Karpats'ka Rus') or Subcarpathia or Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
The Ruthene population was ethnically the same as the population of the areas north of the Carpathian Mountains.
Carpathian Ruthenia was a part of the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century onwards with major interruptions in the 16th and 17th century.
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 Ruthenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruthenia is a name applied to parts of Eastern Europe which were populated by Eastern Slavic peoples, as well as to various states that existed in this territory in the past.
By the end of the 12th century, the word Ruthenia was used, among the alternative spelling Ruscia and Russia, in Latin papal documents to denote the lands formerly dominated by Kiev.
In the early 20th century, the name "Ukraine" was widely accepted in Galicia/Halychyna and the name "Ruthenia" became narrowed to the area south of the Carpathian mountains in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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 Ruthenia
Ruthenia is the old name for the Eastern Slavonic countries known today as: Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
After the feudal fragmentation of Ruthenia into several duchies, most of them were subjugated by Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later in personal union with the Kingdom of Poland to form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (The Commonwealth of the Two Nations).
Ruthenia or Carpato-Ruthenia or Carpatho-Ukraine is the name of a region in Central Europe comprising the southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains.
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 Carpathian Ruthenia - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Carpathian Ruthenia (Karpats'ka Rus') or Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was a part of the Hungarian kingdom (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
Following Adolf Hitler's seizure of the country in 1939, on March 15 the Carpatho-Ruthenia declared its independence as Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine with Augustin Voloshyn as the head of state and was immediately invaded and annexed by Hungary.
Carpathian Ruthenia was a part of Hungary for almost 1000 years.
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Carpathian Ruthenia or Carpatho-Ukraine (Karpatskaya Rus) is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was a part of the Hungarian kingdom (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
Carpathian Heritage Society The CHS is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) established to protect the environment and culture of Carpathian Mts.
Carpathian Large Carnivore Project Seeks to develop a multi-disciplinary, community based approach to the sustainable conservation of large predators in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
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 Wikinfo | Ruthenia
Ruthenia or (ancient) Russia is a name that has been applied to parts of Eastern Europe which were the populated by Eastern Slavonic peoples, as well as to various states that existed in this territory in old times.
After the feudal consolidation of Ruthenia into several duchies, most of them were subjugated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later in personal union with the Kingdom of Poland to form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (The Commonwealth of the Two Nations).
Ruthenia, Carpato-Ruthenia, Carpathian Ruthenia, or Carpatho-Ukraine is the name of a region in Central Europe comprising the southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains.
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 Carpathian Ruthenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Carpathian Ruthenia or Carpatho-Ukraine (Karpatskaya Rus) is a name for a small of Central Europe that was a part of the Hungarian kingdom (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
The Ruthene population was ethnically the as in areas north of Carpathian Mountains.
For urbane European readers in the 19th Ruthenia whether seen as at the far of Slovakia or in the distant corner of Ukraine or as a forgotten piece of was one original of the 19th century's " Ruritania " the most rural most rustic and provincial tiny province lost in forested mountains could be imagined.
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Ruthenia would be part of the Czech half of the republic.
On 11 October 1938, Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia inaugurated an autonomous government in the capital of Uzhorod, led by Andrei Brodii and Stefan Fentsik.
Ruthenia had lost its only rail connection to the rest of Czechoslovakia when the capital fell under Hungarian rule; no help would be coming from Prague.
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 Carpathian Ruthenia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The area of present-day Carpathian Ruthenia was probably settled by (Click link for more info and facts about Slavic tribes) Slavic tribes in the (Click link for more info and facts about 6th century) 6th century.
Carpathian Ruthenia was a part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Kingdom of Hungary) Kingdom of Hungary before the First World War.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the (A privileged class holding hereditary titles) nobility and (The social class between the lower and upper classes) middle class was almost solely (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarian-speaking.
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 History of the Jews in Carpathian Ruthenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In opposite to other areas of Ukraine, the Ruthenia never experienced the times of chaos and riots that elsewhere usually were followed by pogroms.
During World War II, once the legal government of Hungary was overthrown by the Germans, the "Final Solution" was also extended to Carpathian Ruthenia.
Agnes Sagvari, "The Holocaust in Carpatho-Ruthenia" A historian analyzes the place of Carpathian Ruthenia in Hungarian irredentism, the scientific falsification of census records, the impact of the Hungarian administration, an archival review with full documentation.
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In November 1938, under the Vienna Arbitration, which was a result of the Munich agreement, Czechoslovakia (and later Slovakia) was forced by Germany and Italy to cede southern third of Slovakia and southern Carpathian Ruthenia to Hungary.
Following Adolf Hitler's seizure of the country in 1939, on March 15 the Carpatho-Ruthenia declared its independence and was immediately invaded and annexed by Hungary.
The Ruthene population was ethnically the same as in areas north of Carpathian Mountains.
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 Rusyns - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Their homeland is often referred to as Carpathian Ruthenia though that meaning no longer exactly matches the places inhabited by Rusyns.
It should be noted that majority of Ruthenian speakers from Carpathian Mountains area consider themselves as Ukrainians or have separate (other than Ukrainian or Ruthenian) ethnic consciousness (for example Lemko).
In the extreme west of Carpathian Ruthenia, the language approaches Slovak.
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 Carpatho-Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soon after the Munich Agreement, by which Czechoslovakia lost its border regions to Germany, Carpathian Ruthenia and Slovakia declared their autonomy within Czechoslovakia, which was accepted by Prague.
The autonomous Carpathian Ruthenia (officially known as Subcarpathian Ruthenia until then) changed its name to "Carpatho-Ukraine" soon afterwards in November 1938.
In November 1938, under the First Vienna Award, which was a result of the Munich agreement, Czechoslovakia was forced by Germany and Italy to cede the southern third of Slovakia and southern Carpatho-Ukraine to Hungary.
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 Ruthenia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ruthenia is a name applied to parts of (Click link for more info and facts about Eastern Europe) Eastern Europe which were populated by Eastern (A race of people speaking a Slavonic language) Slavic peoples, as well as to various states that existed in this territory in the past.
Essentially, the word is a (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) Latin rendering of the ancient place name (The medieval Russian state established by Scandanavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev) Rus.
The people of the region rapidly became Slovakicised, because their language is closely related to the (Click link for more info and facts about Slovak language) Slovak language and because most of them refused to identify themselves as Ukrainians, as the (A socialist who advocates communism) Communist government, after 1953, wished them to do.
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 Ruthenia
Ruthenia is a name applied to parts of Eastern Europe which were populated by Eastern Slavic peoples, as well as to various states that existed in this territory in the past.
Ruthenia is a geographic and culturo-ethnic name applied to the parts of Eastern Europe populated by Eastern Slavic peoples, as well as to the past various states that existed in these territories.
After 1918 the term Ruthenia was applied only to the easternmost province of Czechoslovakia, which was also known as Carpathian Ukraine, or by its Czech name, Podkarpatská Rus [Sub-Carpathian Russia]; for the history of this area from 1918, see Transcarpathian Region.
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By the 10th century, the term Ruthenia was used, among other spellings, in Latin papal documents to mean Rus', and later became a dominant name for Rus in Latin.
Later, one of the daughter-principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, the Moscow principality arose, and took control of most of the northern principalities of Rus (by free will and by force) under declaration of reunification of Russian lands and reinstating wide use of word Rus in sense of united country and nation.
The people of the region rapidly became Slovacised, because their language is closely related to the Slovak language and because most of them refused to identify themselves as Ukrainians, which the Communist government imposed on them after 1953.
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 Pražský hrad - Czech Republic
After the disintegration of the monarchy the historic Czech lands were united with parts of the Hungarian kingdom (Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia) to form Czechoslovakia as one of the states of the post Austro-Hungarian Empire.
As of March 1939 the rest of the Czech Lands were occupied by the Germans (the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) whereas Slovakia was declared an independent state.
In 1945 Czechoslovakia regained its status (without Carpathian Ruthenia) and simultaneously the three-million German minority was forcibly transferred.
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 Carpathian Germans - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Carpathian Germans (German: Karpatendeutsche, Slovak: karpatskí Nemci), sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German: Slowakeideutsche), is the name for a group of German language speakers on the territory of present-day Slovakia.
The term was coined by the historian Raimund Friedrich Preindel, and is also sometimes used to refer to Germans in the Carpathian Ruthenia.
The Carpathian Germans were, as the Slovaks, subjected to strong Magyarization policies in the latter half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century (Slovakia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary since the around 12th century)
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 Encyclopedia: Carpathian Ruthenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukrainian Карпатська Русь, Karpats'ka Rus') or Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
Satellite image of the Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains (Czech, Polish, and Slovak: Karpaty; Serbian: Karpati; Hungarian: Kárpátok; Romanian: Carpaţi; Ukrainian: Карпати, Karpaty) are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb.
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 Ruthenia Details, Meaning Ruthenia Article and Explanation Guide
Today the historical territory of Rus, in the broadest sense, forms part(s) of the territories of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, a small strip in north-eastern Slovakia and a narrow strip of eastern Poland.
The Halych-Volynia in the south fell under Catholic Lithuanian and Polish influence, and therefore were usually denoted by Latin Ruthenia, after Pope made choice in favor of this spelling.
During the period of 1880s — early 1900s, "Ruthenia" was often restricted to reference western Ukraine, an area which had not yet accepted the name change from "Ruthenians" to "Ukrainian".
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Carpathian Ruthenia Historic overview Nomenclature Germans Ukrainians Hungary Slavic Kingdom of Hungary nobility Jew Mukacheve
The Peace conference that was held after the war did address the issue of "Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia" but, in the end, the victors were more concerned with rebuilding their countries, and, in...
These terms Ruthenia and Ruthenians are often used during the times...
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Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukrainian Карпатська Русь, Karpatska Rus) or Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine is a name for a small part of Central Europe that was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (since 1526 under Habsburg rule).
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