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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).
Then, the western part of the territory was part of Great Moravia in the 9th century, and in the 10th and 11th century was a border region between the newly created Hungary and the Kievan Rus'.
Subcarpathian Rus`, 1848-1948, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, 1978, ISBN 0674805798
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carpathian_Ruthenia   (1259 words)

  
 Subcarpathian Rus'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At that time Subcarpathian Rus’ designated all Rusyn territory south of the Carpathians in the pre-World War I Hungarian Kingdom, that is, in what is today northeastern Slovakia as well as the *Transcarpathian oblast of Ukraine.
The nineteenth-century national awakeners tried to argue that Subcarpathian Rus’ derived from the existence in the early medieval period (eleventh century) of an entity called *Marchia Ruthenorum, whose ruler was the Dux Ruizorum (the Rus’ prince).
Subcarpathian Rus’ referred, however, only to the new country’s administrative unit, basically east of the Uzh river (eastern Uzh, Bereg, Ugocha, and Maramarosh counties).
www.rusyn.org /pop_subcarp.htm   (985 words)

  
 First Vienna Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Following the early-October occupation of frontier regions of the Czech part of Czechoslovakia by Germany pursuant to the Munich Agreement, the Czechoslovak territories of Slovakia and Subcarpathian Rus received autonomy within Czechoslovakia on October 6 and October 11, respectively.
Autonomous Subcarpathian Rus was mainly represented by I. Parkányi, Subcarpathian minister without portfolio.
Poland proposed a partition of Subcarpathian Rus among Hungary, Poland and Romania.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Vienna_Award   (4270 words)

  
 Subcarpathian Rus (Ukraine)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The conservativism and traditionalism of the Jews of Subcarpathian Rus resulted from the underdeveloped character of the geographically isolated region.
In 1939, in the wake of the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, Hungary seized and annexed Subcarpathian Rus.
Despite the Hungarian introduction of antisemitic legislation, Subcarpathian Rus remained a relative haven for Jews until the Germans occupied Hungary in 1944.
www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005794   (904 words)

  
 Government portal :: Governments of Carpatian Ukraine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Besides the post of the Prime Minister he was entrusted with the portfolios of the Minister of Schools and Minister of Federal Government in the Affairs of Subcarpathian Rus.
Supposing that the referendum result would be unfavourable for the Czechoslovak power, the latter agreed to the Vienna Award ceding Subcarpathian Rus to Hungary on October 26 at the enlarged session with participation of autonomous governments of Slovakia and Subcarpathian Rus.
It was indicated: «The Subcarpathian Rus is an autonomous part of the Czecho-Slovakian Republic.
www.kmu.gov.ua /control/en/publish/printable_article?art_id=1291279   (1889 words)

  
 Jewish Community of Munkacs: An Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Jews of Munkacs constituted 11 percent of the Jewry of Subcarpathian Rus.
At least partly due to their geographic isolation, the Jews of Subcarpathian Rus were among the poorest in Europe.
Though antisemitic legislation was introduced by the Hungarian authorities, Subcarpathian Rus, like the rest of Hungary, remained a relative haven for Jews until Germany occupied Hungary in 1944.
www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005791   (471 words)

  
 Paul R. Magosci. The Rusyn Question.
This includes 977,000 in the Transcarpathian oblast (former Subcarpathian Rus’) of Ukraine; 130,000 in the Presov Region of northeastern Slovakia; 80,000 in the Lemko Region of southeastern Poland as well as in other parts of that country; and 30,000 in the Vojvodina (Backa) and Croatia.
For example, by declaring that the population was Ukrainian, this allowed the Soviet Union to justify the annexation in 1945 of Subcarpathian Rus’, a territory that throughout the war it had agreed should be returned to Czechoslovakia.
Prominent publicist and Prague representative of the Podkarpartska Rus’ Yaromir Horzhetz has written a number of articles on the Rusyn movement for the Czech press, but this does not mean that the local population supports the idea of the territory’s return to Slovakia.
litopys.org.ua /rizne/magocie.htm   (5266 words)

  
 The Rusyn People and their Homeland
Ruthenia or Carpathian Rus' encompasses the territory located along the southern and in part, the northern slopes of the Carpathian Mountians in central-eastern Eruope.
During the 10th and 11th centuries, the region appeared to be right on the border of the medieval state of Kievan Rus, the earliest known predecessor of modern day Ukraine and Russia.
On October 11, 1938 an autonomous government was created in the Subcarpathian Rus' and the province was renamed Carpatho-Ukraine.
tabrenzo.tripod.com /id14.html   (840 words)

  
 peoplewithout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Subcarpathian Rus’ functioned from 1919 to 1938 with a Rusyn governor and a limited degree of autonomy.
During the course of the war, the Allied Powers agreed that Subcarpathian Rus’ should again be a part of a restored Czech state.
Carpatho-Rusyns in Transcarpathia (former Subcarpathian Rus’) have called for a return to their historic status as an autonomous land.
rdsa.tripod.com /peoplewithout.html   (3084 words)

  
 May Panchuk. Political Rusinism in Ukraine.
It is also completely logical that in Transcarpathia as well the semi-administrative names of Hungarian Rus, Subcarpathian Rus, and Rus Country have gradually given way to the ethnic name of the area, Transcarpathian Ukraine.
P.) was granted to Subcarpathian Rus’ (by then renamed Carpatho-Ukraine)." Actually, "autonomous" Subcarpathian Rus’ and "independent" Carpatho-Ukraine came about as the result of the geopolitical games of Hitler (and his allies) and of the leaders of the great powers who hoped to divert Nazi Germany’s expansionist energies eastward.
Magosci’s chronology: the Society of Subcarpathian Rusyns in Transcarpathia (February 1990), Rusyn Obroda in Medzilaborce (Czechoslovakia, March 1990), Lemko Association in Legnica (Poland, April 1990), Society of Friends of Subcarpathian Rus’ in Prague (October 1990), and Ruska Matka in the Vojvodina of former Yugoslavia (December 1990).
litopys.org.ua /rizne/panchuke.htm   (3748 words)

  
 Society of Friends of Subcarpathian Rus’/Společnost přátel Podkarpatské Rusi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The society was established in Prague in 1990 and is comprised primarily of Czechs who were born and/or lived in *Subcarpathian Rus’ before World War II.
Its branch in Brno is particularly active in organizing annual tourist excursions and the branch in Český Těšín in sending humanitarian aid to Subcarpathian Rus’/Transcarpathia, especially in the wake of several disastrous floods in the 1990s.
The Society of Friends of Subcarpathian Rus’ is a member of the *World Congress of Rusyns.
www.rusyn.org /pop_society_of_friends.htm   (265 words)

  
 ICONOGRAPHY Sacred Painting ln Subcarpathian Rus'
The Rusyn people of the Subcarpathian region highly appreciated and loved their Byzantine Rite, and they were always ready to make great sacrifices to have beautifully painted and decorated churches.
Michael the Archangel, originally painted for the church in Shelestovo, near Mukachevo, is preserved at the National Museum in Uzhorod.
In the second half of the seventeenth century there were several artists from Sudova Vyshnia working in the Subcarpathian region, among them Stephen (1656), John (1678), and James (1682).
www.carpatho-rusyn.org /spirit/icon.htm   (1855 words)

  
 Rusyn    (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Representative body of Subcarpathian Rus' (Ruthenia) is the Provisional Government, formed in 1993.
1990 The Society of Carpatho-Rusyns was established for Rusyns in Subcarpathian Rus´.
A provisional government for an autonomous republic of Subcarpathian Rus´ was formed in Uzgorod.
www.unpo.org /print.php?arg=44&par=65   (660 words)

  
 Subcarpathian Rus' Jewish Population   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In this year's [1994]Carpatho-Rusyn American we have been presenting a series of articles on the topic of Jews in Subcarpathian Rus' as seen through the eyes of various authors.
She discussed the preservation of Subcarpathian Jewry's memory in the form of the Maramoros House synagogue in Tel Aviv, in the memorializing activities of Jewish immigrants in New York and Tel Aviv, and in the intriguing tales of the miracle- working rabbi of Maramaros, Rebbele Mordkhele of Bustino.
Harm Ramkema of the Netherlands then provided historical information on the Jewish population of Subcarpathian Rus' and introduced us to some of the complexities of Jewish politics in the region before World War II (C-RA, Vol.
www.carpatho-rusyn.org /jews   (1173 words)

  
 Carpathian Ruthenia biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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).
It is located in western Ukraine and easternmost Slovakia, mostly in the Trans-Carpathian district (Zakarpats'ka oblast').
Conceived sometimes as a kingdom of central Europe, Ruritania was the setting of several novels by Anthony Hope, especially The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).
subcarpathian-rus.biography.ms   (845 words)

  
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It seems that two orientations: Rusophile (propagating the union of all East Slavonic and emphasizing the relations of Carpathian Rus’ with Russia) and Ukrainophile were of basic importance for the present situation of the Carpatho-Rusyn community since their contest have led to the split of the group identity.
The Soviet regime of the Ukrainian SSR „solved” all nation problems of Subcarpathian Rus’ (Transcarpathian Ukraine according to the new Ukrainian terminology) by enforcing the decision of the Communist Party of Ukraine, from December 1925, according to which all Rusyns, independent of their self-identification, were regarded as Ukrainians.
The society gathers all the former citizens of Subcarpathian Rus’ who were forced to leave their motherland in 1945 and also those people who want to get acquainted with the Subcarpathian Rus culture.
lgi.osi.hu /ethnic/csdb/doc/Amichna.doc   (9001 words)

  
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The art of folk dance in Carpathian Rus' goes deep into its Slavic roots and draws upon the experience of village and city life in the Carpathian Mountain environment.
Since the 7th century Carpathian Rus' has been governed by some sixteen administrations of which only one was self-governing.
In that time period Subcarpathian Rusyns were a semi-autonomous member nation (as Podkarpatska Rus') unified with the Czechoslovak Republic.
carpatho-rusyn.org /jerry.htm   (1476 words)

  
 Students who support the Jewish Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Subcarpathian Rus, there was no obvious dominant majority culture or language, as in other regions of Czechoslovakia and some other countries in eastern Europe.
Only in Subcarpathian Rus were Hebrew-language Zionist schools established and made viable, including one gymnasium (high school) in Munkacs.
It was thus no accident that the national Zionist organization chose Subcarpathian Rus as the site for its Hebrew-language summer camps.
www.tblog.com /templates/index.php?bid=kappadeltaphi&static=318427   (970 words)

  
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Several documents and articles deal with the question of the fate of Subcarpathian Rus' after the First World War and its incorporation into Czechoslovakia.
Podkarpacká Rus a Ceskoslovensko [Subcarpathian Rus' and Czechoslovakia], Prague, 1934, as well as in: "Ruthenes, Czechs, and Slovaks", The Slavonic and East European Review, XIII, 1-4 (London, 1935), p.362-371, 611-626.
Subcarpathian Rus' from the International Politics Point of View], Prague, 1934.
www.carpatho-rusyn.org /czech.htm   (670 words)

  
 Carpatho-Rusyn Heritage
Their homeland, known as Carpathian Rus', is situated at the crossroads where the borders of Ukraine, Slovakia, and Poland meet.
The Lemko Region north of the Carpathians was until the mid-fourteenth century divided between the Rus' principality/kingdom of Galicia and the kingdom of Poland.
One exception was Subcarpathian Rus', which in 1945 was annexed to the Soviet Union as the Transcarpathian region (oblast) of the Soviet Ukraine.
www.wirnowski.com /Carp/Carpatho_Intro.html   (3347 words)

  
 Re: inteview with a Rusyn
As an important step in achieving this goal, a Provisional Government of Subcarpathian Rus' was set up in May 1993.
This is also the reason we have improved the collaboration between nationalities in Subcarpathian Rus', a joint work by nationalities, which maintains our Provisional Government.
: : : : : 1990 February The Society of Carpatho-Rusyns is established for Rusyns in Subcarpathian Rus' (Transcarpathia).
www.brama.com /survey/messages/18696.html   (8267 words)

  
 Vampire library of Darkness : Vampires in the carpathians: magical acts, rites, and beliefs in subcarpathian rus', Petr ...
Vampires in the carpathians: magical acts, rites, and beliefs in subcarpathian rus'
This is the first book to describe in detail the traditions and beliefs of the people of Subcarpathian Rus'--traditions which have been handed down, generation to generation, for hundreds of years.
The author discusses the rites of the fourteen celebrations in the annual church calendar, from Christmas and the Epiphany to Lent and Easter.
www.vampires.nu /pages/Books.cfm/ID/3310/PageID/22   (130 words)

  
 Ruthenian Metropolitan Dies on April 24   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After the death of Bishop Ortynskyj, the results of in-fighting and the desire of various groups of the faithful to have a bishop from their own geographic are of Rus' led to the appointment of separate administrators for each territorial area in 1914.
The V. Rev. Gabriel Martyak became the apostolic administrator for those coming from Subcarpathian Rus, Hungary and Croatia, and the V. Rev. Peter Poinatyshin for those from Galicia.
Today, many immigrants coming from the traditional areas of Subcarpathian Rus' feel more comfortable attending a local Ukrainian Catholic Church because of the greater preservation of their language.
www.uaoc.org /ruthenian.html   (975 words)

  
 inteview with a Rusyn
Turjanica, we have heard of the Rusins' efforts to gain autonomy and even independence in Subcarpathian Rus'.
: : : 1990 February The Society of Carpatho-Rusyns is established for Rusyns in Subcarpathian Rus' (Transcarpathia).
: : : 1990 October The Society of Friends of Subcarpathian Rus' is established for the Czech Republic.
www.brama.com /survey/messages/16632.html   (7915 words)

  
 Carpatho-Rusyn Society
By the 900s, waves of Slavic settlers calling themselves Rus' came from the East and began settling into the Carpathians, intermarrying and assimulated with the White Croats.
From the Kievan Rus' kingdom they adopted their national name of "Rusiny," meaning -- the inhabitant or descendant of Rus'.
In time it became the common name of all southeastern Slavic tribes from the Poprad River in Prijasevska Rus' all the way to the Caspian Sea and the River Don.
www.c-rs.org /whoarerusyns.htm   (205 words)

  
 Jacob's Well :: Articles 1999-Winter :: David Drillock :: Words and Music in Orthodox Liturgical Worship: An Historical ...
Musical "picture painting," the highlighting of strong or important words in a text, is accomplished with the fita (from the Greek, theta), an extensive melismatic passage sung on a single syllable, which not only emphasizes a particular word but draws attention to the exceptional vocal talents of the singer-virtuoso.
The eminent Slavic musicologist, Johann von Gardner, after 1917, spent four years living in Subcarpathian Rus and was particularly amazed at the religious knowledge of the simple peasants, acquired simply by singing in church.
He describes the singing which he heard in the churches of the Carpathian regions: "In Subcarpathian Rus’ in all the villages both among the Uniates and also among the Orthodox, there was always practiced only congregational singing of the complete services, not excluding the changeable (proper) hymns in all the varied chants.
www.jacwell.org /articles/1998-WINTER-Drillock.html   (3186 words)

  
 University of Toronto Press publishes three books by Magocsi (02/23/03)
From the entry on Ukrainians: "Students from Subcarpathian Rus attending schools in Prague were also 'transformed' [quotes used in the original] into Ukrainians as a result of propaganda undertaken by the numerous Ukrainian émigré organizations."
Pop says "The pro-Ukrainian government that was formed in autonomous Subcarpathian Rus on October 26, 1938, under the leadership of Avhustyn Voloshyn came into being on instructions from Nazi German authorities in Berlin.
Writing on Mykhailo Drahomanov (who not only visited Hungarian Subcarpathian Rus in the 1870's but was extremely shocked by the condition of the people whom he called "the wounded brother") Mr.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2003/080320.shtml   (1555 words)

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