Rusins, Rusyns, Ruthenians?

[Margarita Orlova]

Ru·the·nia
  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.

Ru·the·ni·an
adj.
  Of or relating to Ruthenia, the Ruthenians, or their language or 
culture.
n.
1.  A native or inhabitant of Ruthenia.
2.  The variety of Ukrainian used by the Ruthenians

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth 
Edition. 2004


On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at 11:49  AM, Svetlana Grenier wrote:

> Ruthenians

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