Rusins, Rusyns, Ruthenians?

[V. Boitchenko]

My advise is to use "Rusyns." The translator should translate the original 
even though it seems that the author is cofused about the "varius branches."

Rusyns (русины, stress on the second syllable) is the name used by the 
Rusyns themselves. Russians and Ukrainians call them Lemki (лемки). 
Carpatho-Russians is the term for the same people used in the US 
(карпатороссы in the Russian emigre community), and it is virtually unknown 
in Russia proper. Ruthenians is a latinized version that could be used for 
Rusyns as well as Russians. The other two "branches," Boyki (бойки) and 
Hutsuls (гуцулы) typically identify themselves as Ukrainians.

Viatcheslav Boitchenko


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Svetlana Grenier" <greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Rusins, Rusyns, Ruthenians?


> Dear colleagues,
>
> Here is a question from someone who is translating a book about Orthodoxy 
> in America, in which the author is dealing with various immigrant ethnic 
> groups that were or became Eastern Orthodox:
>
> "The author refers to the emigration to America of peoples:
>
> из Австро-Венгрии ... русин, карпатороссов, галичан и буковинцев -- 
> юго-западных разветвлений малороссов ...
> [iz Avstro-Vengrii (emigratsiia) rusin, karpatorossov, galichan i 
> bukovintsev--iugo-zapadnykh razvetvlenii malorossov]
>
> Is there a single accepted or 'best' way to translate русин [rusin]? Is it 
> Rusyn or Rusin or Ruthenians? And are these latter different from the 
> карпаторосc [karpatoross]? "
>
> Many thanks!
> Svetlana Grenier
>
> -- 
> Svetlana Grenier
>
> Associate Professor and Acting Chair
> Department of Slavic Languages
> Box 571050
> Georgetown University
> Washington, DC 20057-1050
> 202-687-6108
> greniers at georgetown.edu
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