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Ruthenia
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Ru·the·nia  (r-thny, -thn-)
A region of western Ukraine south of the Carpathian Mountains. Ruled for centuries by various powers, including Poland and Austria-Hungary, it was later a province of Czechoslovakia (1918-1939) and was annexed by the USSR in 1945.
Ruthenia [ruːˈθiːnɪə]
n
(Placename) a region of E Europe on the south side of the Carpathian Mountains: belonged to Hungary from the 14th century, to Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1939, and was ceded to the former Soviet Union in 1945; in 1991 it became part of the newly independent Ukraine Also called Carpatho-Ukraine
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But this windswept, northeastern village near Ukraine is doing all to assert its ties with the avant-garde American, whose parents were modest Ruthenians born near here in the Subcarpathian foothills.
Slovak town puts hope in 'native son' Andy Warhol by AFP / AFP Global Edition
They rose up, joined forces with the Cossacks, who also followed the Greek rites, and started a formidable war, which resulted in the separation of the Cossacks and Ruthenians from the Polish federation; they yielded to Russia, in whose hands they became a terrible weapon always aimed at the heart of Poland.
Causes of the decline of the peninsular peoples in the last three ... by De Quental, Antero / Portuguese Studies
Stephen, 1036 AD Through the centuries Hungary has provided haven, in the north to Ruthenians, in the east, to Wallachians and Saxons, in the south, Serbs, and even today, immigrants both legal and illegal cross its borders, seeking a new life.
History by Mena, Dante / Hungary Adventure Guide
 
 
 
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