Catholics in the region are largely Poles or the descendants of Poles and Ruthenians who were banished to Siberia on account of their religion. There are also ethnic Germans and Lithuanians.

Half of the 12,500 non-Jews in Munkacs are Magyars, while the remainder are either Slovaks or Ruthenians. A stronghold of Jewish or thodoxy, Munkacs is famous for its Chassidim, ...

“Carpatho-Rusyns, also known as Rusyns, Rusnaks, Carpatho-Russians and Ruthenians, are a stateless people, whose homeland today stretches across five European countries – Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, ...

Semeniuc presents himself as the leader of the Union of Subcarpathian Ruthenians of Romania, a group set up in 2000 to promote the ethnic group’s culture.

These lands were dominated by the East Slavic population, which had a different identification, as can be seen from the results of the Lviv population census of 1931. With a population of 312,231 ...

The Kings and Generals animated documentary series on Mongol history continues with an in-depth look at how Korea defended against the Mongol invasions. Previous episodes explored how various ...

EADaily, March 1st, 2025. The Hungarian socio-political movement "Mi Khazank" (from Hungarian — "Our Motherland") called on the Hungarian government to fight for the creation of autonomy in the ...

It is less known that Ruthenians also settled in the upper part of the Horehronie region, leading to a distinctive ethnic island. Traditionally Ruthenian villages in this area included Pohorelá ...

Its announced aims: to promote peaceful relationships between persons of German blood remaining within the republic and to develop “understanding” between Germans, Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians.

Each little country of Eastern Europe hates & fears the next. Last week Bishop Papp of Miskolcz in Hungary obtained a carload of potatoes, consigned them to starving persons of his faith in ...