Rusyn is the linguistically dominant language of Ukraine’s Zakarpattia oblast. From Zakarpattia, Rusyn gradually transitions into standard Ukrainian in Galicia and Volhynia. However, by the time one reaches the Khmelnytskyi oblast, Ukrainian begins to change into Surzhyk, a mixed Russian-Ukrainian …

In Svidník, there is a museum of Ukrainian-Ruthenian culture. Ukrainian and Ruthenian periodicals are published in Prešov, and there is a Ruthenian radio programme in Košice. There are hundreds of folklore groups and folk festivals here, which are organised both by the pro-Ukrainian and pro-Ruthenian …

“Ruthenian” is often used to mean Rusyn, although this is ambiguous and controversial, because Ukrainians also used to be commonly known as Ruthenians. A language map of Central Europe c. 1896, when many languages were known by names that now seem very odd (or downright offensive). Ukrainian …

Ruthenian is seen as a predecessor of modern Belarusian, Rusyn and Ukrainian. Indeed, all these languages, from Old East Slavic to Rusyn, have been labelled as Ruthenian (Ukrainian: Рутенська мова, русинська мова) at some point in history.

Carpatho-Rusyns (also known in English as Ruthenians) come from an area in the geographical center of the European continent. Their homeland, known as Carpathian Rus’ (Ruthenia), is located on the southern and northern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains where the borders of Ukraine…

the two largest groups who had a common "Ruthenian" language. This is correct. The Old East Slavic language spoken in Kievan Rus is seen as the source of Belorussian, Ukrainian and Russian, and the split between Russian and what is now called Ruthenian came first, and Ruthenian later split into Belorussian and Ukrainian.

Feb 02, 2012 · The members of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for the most part were ethnic Ukrainians, whereas generally the members of the Byzantine Ruthenian Rite Catholic Church were or decended from the Rusyn ity. The Ukrainian Church is larger than its Ruthenian teen church, as ethnic Ukrainians historically outnumbered ethnic Rusyns.

Carpatho-Rusyns in the other regions still reside on ancestral lands. The many names by which Carpatho-Rusyns have called themselves or were called by others–Carpatho-Russian, Carpatho-Ukrainian, Rusnak, Ruthene, Ruthenian, Uhro-Rusyn–all relate to their traditional association with the East Slavic world of the Rus’.

Rusyn, Rusyn ruskyi, also called Ruthenian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Lemko, or Rusnak, 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.

Dec 19, 2004 · Ruthenian is the generic name for East Slavic dialects spoken on the territory of the former Austrian province of Galicia (today’s West Ukraine) and in Subcarpathian Ukraine, which formed a part of Hungary in the past.