Language

Русиньскый

Rusyn
  • Global speakers: 82,960
  • Glottocode: rusy1239
  • ISO 639-3: rue
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Rusyns (also called Carpatho-Rusyns or Ruthenians) descend from an East Slavic group based in the Carpathian mountains in modern-day Ukraine, Slovakia, and Poland. Some may also consider themselves Lemkos. New York's Rusyn community started developing in the late 1880s, with another wave coming after the Second World War, and communities developing around other Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles, and Slavic groups. The Rusyn community established Williamsburg's Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration, a hub beginning in 1921 and several institutions in Yonkers. Many from around the metropolitan area continue to gather at the St. Nicholas Church in the East Village. Today speakers are scattered in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and various towns in both northern New Jersey (Paterson, Clifton) and south from Elizabeth and Perth Amboy to Manville.
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