Rusyns, also known as Carpatho-Rusyns, Carpatho-Russians, Ruthenians, or Rusnaks, are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central and Eastern Europe. They speak Rusyn, an East
Stepan Klochurak
Sign reads "House of Subcarpathian Rusyns" (Dom Podkarpatskikh Rusinov) in Mukachevo
Lemkos in southeastern Poland
Orthodox protest Greek Catholic Archbishop Kocisko's 1990 Uzhhorod Cathedral visit.
Transcarpathia is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast.
Gregory Žatkovich signing the Declaration of Common Aims at Independence Hall, Philadelphia 26 Oct 1918.
Carpathian Ruthenian Jews arrive at Auschwitz–Birkenau, May 1944. Without being registered to the camp system, most were killed in gas chambers hours after arriving.
Carpathian Ruthenia in 2014
Hutsuls and their habitations, Carpathian Mountains, c. 1872