Rusyns
ethnic group that speaks an Eastern Slavic language
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Summary
Rusyns is an ethnic group[1]. Rusyns ranks in the top 1% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,555 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Rusyn[3], Carpathian Rusyn[4], Pannonian Rusyn[5], Ukrainian[6], Slovak[7]
- Religion or worldview: Eastern Orthodoxy[8], Byzantine Catholic Churches[9], Catholicism[10]
- Country: Czechoslovakia[11], Slovakia[12], Poland[13], Hungary[14], Soviet Union[15], Ukraine[16], Czech Republic[17], Canada[18], United States[19], Serbia[20], Slavonia[21], Russia[22]
- Instance of: national minority[23]
- Flag: Rusyn flag[24]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of the Rusyns[25]
- Subclass of: East Slavs[26]
- Part of: East Slavs[27]
- Commons category: Rusyns[28]
- Said to be the same as: Rusyns in Slovakia[29]
- Has part(s): Boykos[30], Lemkos[31], Pannonian Rusyns[32], Hutsuls[33], Долиняне[34], Verkhovyntsi[35], Сотаки[36]
- Location of formation: Transcarpathia[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rusyns[38]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine[42], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[43], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[44]
- Different from: Ruthenians[45], Russians[46], Ukrainians[47]
- Studied by: Rusynistics[48]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[49]
Body
Influence
Things named for Rusyns include Ruska Street, Lviv[50], a street[51], in Ukraine[52].
Why It Matters
Rusyns has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Rusyns is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Rusyns include Ruska Street, Lviv[50], a street[51], in Ukraine[52].