Rusyn Americans

Rusyn Americans
Русиньскы Америчаны
Total population
7,583
U.S. Estimate, 2019, self-reported[1]
620,000
Estimate by Paul R. Magocsi, 2012[2]
Regions with significant populations
Northeast, Midwest
Languages
American English, Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, Slovak, Czech
Religion
Eastern Orthodox (Carpatho-Russian Orthodox), Eastern Catholic (Ruthenian Greek Catholic)
Related ethnic groups
Belarusian Americans, Russian Americans, Slovak Americans, Ukrainian Americans

Rusyn Americans (Rusyn: Русиньскы Америчаны, Ukrainian: Русинські Американці; known as Carpatho-Rusyn Americans) are citizens of the United States of America, with ancestors who were Rusyns, from Carpathian Ruthenia, or neighboring areas of Central Europe. However, some Rusyn Americans, also or instead identify as Ukrainian Americans, Russian Americans, or even Slovak Americans.[3]

They are sometimes also referred to as Carpatho-Ruthenian Americans, but terms based on Ruthenian designations are often viewed as imprecise, since they have several wider meanings, related to their diverse historical, religious and ethnic uses and scopes, that were encompassing various East Slavic groups.[4][5]

Since the Revolutions of 1989, there has been a revival in Rusyn nationalism and self-identification in both Carpathian Ruthenia and among the Rusyn diaspora in other parts of Europe and North America.[6]

  1. ^ "B04006: PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY, 2019 American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ Magocsi 2015, p. 1.
  3. ^ Magocsi 2005.
  4. ^ Magocsi 2011, p. 177.
  5. ^ Magocsi 2015, p. 2-5.
  6. ^ Magocsi & Pop 2005, p. 313.