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Are you researching your family's ancestry with Ruthenian origins? Had you heard of Ruthenia before?


  • Ladymermaid Jun 1, 2012 @ 9:48 am | delete
    Some of those peasants actually look like the pictures of my relatives. My mom was of Russian - Ukrainian background. It is amazing how the culture throughout that region is so very similar to each other.
  • ---Chazz Apr 17, 2012 @ 6:03 pm | delete
    Thanks for getting me hooked on learning more about Rutenia's fascinating history. Will be back to check out the related lenses as soon as time allows.
  • Richard3331 Mar 26, 2012 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    decided to set my holiday quest in Ruthenia are you coming too?
  • lollyj Mar 14, 2012 @ 8:39 am | delete
    I always learn something new and interesting from your lenses.
    I had never heard of Ruthenia.
  • blackspanielgallery Mar 1, 2012 @ 9:21 pm | delete
    Nice lens
  • vbright105 Jan 30, 2012 @ 11:14 am | delete
    I never knew there was such a place. thanks for sharing the information. Blessed
  • MyDestination Nov 11, 2011 @ 9:53 am | delete
    Very interesting post
  • Susan Mac Oct 16, 2011 @ 10:17 am | delete
    Starting to document some family history. My great-grandparents were known to me as Russian....they had Russian bibles, newspapers, etc and eventually Russian orthodox funerals, same with my Grandmother in 2001. Family word is that they were so glad to be in America that they never talked much about the heritage and country from which they came. We, now, are interested. We do know that they came from Ruthenia region...my g-grandma a pheasant working on a farm and my g-grandfather a higher social class who feel in love with her. Kostychak/Perch
  • crushwb Aug 22, 2011 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    Very interesting topic
  • NORMAN BUICK May 29, 2011 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    i have been awere or ruthenia for years. i have a interesting mix my dad was the ofsprig of a rusian arisocrat and his mon was ruthenian and georgian. my dad had some saporoshain cossak in him he was the best dancer in town and we are all very coordinated and exceleen in sport. unbelievable eye had cordination.. we are 60 ft and brother 6,3 . im suprised know body talks about the real glorious history of the put down of the lithuanian polish agressive ness towad ruthenia and other parts. bohdan kemilylensky and the saporoshain cossake who were the most fered in europe tore there aliance apart and put them in there state where they are today. nver to rise up against russia and ukurain and ruthenia again. . we were the police of all the slavicv countrys and mesinarfy too.. . well i am english and irish on my mom. and happy to ahve all the diferent cultures in me. out breading make you smart and strong. and strong willed.. well hello to all
  • poddys Feb 17, 2011 @ 12:58 am | delete
    I hadn't even heard of Ruthenia before, but of course I knew where the Ukraine was. Excellent lens, and a great one to include for your family history. Lensrolled to my One Hundred Years Ago lens and Blessed.
  • Dan Feb 11, 2011 @ 6:01 pm | delete
    Follow up: I just found that my Grandfather's Naturalization papers state that he was born in Rohono, Austria 1890. I can't find anything anywhere that indicates a town or city named Rohono? Any ideas?
  • Dan Feb 11, 2011 @ 4:26 pm | delete
    My Grandfather's immigration papers say he was a subject of Austria.
    He did not speak German and was not a Roman Catholic. He was a member of Byzantine Rite Catholic Church. I believe he has Russian written on his tombstone.
    Is this consistent with being Ruthenian? My Father thinks he is Austrian but isn't sure.
    I was baptised in the same Greek Catholic Church(Byzantine Ruthenian Rite) but was raised and still practice Roman Catholic.
  • JMN Jan 23, 2011 @ 2:55 pm | delete
    These are amazing pictures! My great grandfather was from the Carpathian Mountain area (unsure of where) his name was Theodore Chomka. I am trying to locate exactly where they were from. They were eastern orthodox and I have a picture of their church. It is very similiar to this one.
  • Suzen Nov 8, 2010 @ 10:17 am | delete
    Both sets of grandparents were Ruthenian! My father was first-generation American born, mother second. I have been researching many years. Father: Roman/Metroka; Mother Pauley/Dancik
  • Anne Spencer Sep 16, 2010 @ 8:44 pm | delete
    Researching Zadojony americanized to Zadonia. Born in Myszkowics.
  • VickiSims Sep 15, 2010 @ 10:42 pm | delete
    Wow! I had never heard or Ruthenia before - goes to show what you don't know that you can learn on Squidoo!
  • dc64 Jul 8, 2009 @ 10:56 am | delete
    These lenses of yours are really going to come in handy since I'm researching people from that part of the world for my new castle lenses.
  • lilkon Jun 14, 2009 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    So wonderful to have a heritage to refer back to. I hope our ancestors never let their story die. I think about other countries whose peoples don't have this history....Pacific island, Africa to name a couple.
  • Patrick Mar 16, 2009 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    My father's family was Ukrainian Greek Catholic. I looked at my grandparents naturalization records and found that non of them had came from Ukraine but from Poland, Hunagary, and Slovakia on today's map. Surnames include: Sawchynsky, Schevchenko, Colowitch(Kulavich), Fechina(Fetchina) and Nagurney(Nagorny). The Nagurney's immigrated to Northeast Pennsylvania Coal Country, that was my great grandfather and five of his brothers. My father always said his family was Ukrainian or more precisely Ukrainian Catholic, but Ruthenian fits the bill of all Greek Catholics who live or descend from the Carpathian Region I have recently learned. My mother's family is Irish and Roman Catholic. My parents were married in the Latin Rite and my sisters and I were baptized in the Latin Rite. So my sisters and I always remained more Irish than Ruthenian, but we still eat perogies and kilbasa from time to time and eat haska and pyzansky on Easter. Also Christmas Eve is a Ruthenian food affair at our house
  • Judith Ruziskey Stone Jul 22, 2010 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    My grandparent came from Austria, Ruthenian, but they either called themselves Slovak or Hungarian. They traveled through Elis Island on the ship - George Washington in 1910. I grew up Greek Catholic and my parents and grandparents lived in the Scranton area. Just learned how to make perogies!!! Where did your grandparents live in PA?
  • Anne Spencer Sep 17, 2010 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    My mother's family were in the same circumstances. My Grandfather and Grandmother listed Austria as their place of birth and their language as Ruthenian. They were from the area around the Carpathian Mountains in a city called Myszkowic which has now been renamed. Also Greek Catholic. My grandfather was Wasyl Zadojony (William Zadonia) and My Grandmother's maiden name was Marya or Mary or Maria Dudar. My Grandfather made two trips to the US, the first in 1909 and the second in 1912. He settled first in Butler PA to earn enough money to bring his family, wife and 3 daughters, to the US. They did not call themselves Ukrainians until later. They finally settled in Pinconning, MI where they bought a farm. .
  • kim zadonia Feb 1, 2011 @ 2:37 pm | delete
    are u relation to Harold Zadonia (pinconning)
  • Gail Reamer Aug 19, 2008 @ 6:03 pm | delete
    Researching Pochotko (Posatko) and Gabor. Mary Gabor immigrated to the US in 1901, married Mike Pochotko in 1903 in Pennsylvania. We were told they were Slavish, or Hunky, they were Greek Catholic, and on census records, they say there were Ruthenian, or Czech, and spoke Slovak.
  • John Aleshin Jul 24, 2010 @ 3:18 am | delete
    One of my great-great grandmothers was Varvara (Barbara) Gabor. She never made it to the US to my knowledge. They "Lemkos," a sub-division of Rusyns or Rusins, often called Ruthenians (Latin for Russians) or Carpatho-Russians. They were from Ruthenia/Gailicia, a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On the map today from the north slope of the Carpathian Mountains, just over the Slovakian border. They were Greek Catholics (Uniates) and Russian Orthodox. The term "Hunky" was a pejorative nickname given to East Europeans from Austria-Hungary. Gabor can also be a surname of Hungarian origin, as in the Gabor sisters, Eva an Zsa-Zsa.
  • Sandy May 29, 2008 @ 10:13 pm | delete
    Researching MUDRYSZYN from Lukowe, Poland (Carpatho-Rusyn we believe). G-Grandfather migrated to Anina, Austria-Hungary (Romania) where he married DEKAN originally from Frydek-Mistek ,Moravia (possibly Carpathian German) They spoke German when immigrated to USA in 1902-1903.
  • Carell Bayne (Carol Anne Galitzky) Oct 24, 2010 @ 1:27 am | delete
    I hope that you are still searching information. I am from Canada and my fathers family was Galitzky from Anina (Steirerdorf). I visited there about 3 years ago. Lets share some common information?
  • M. Stanley Apr 21, 2008 @ 10:51 am | delete
    My ancestors were not Rusyn (Ruthenian), but they lived for 200 years in Ruthenia (Carpatho-Ukraine).
    In the early 20th century they began to intermarry with Rusyns, so I have many Rusyn cousins. If you are interested, we have a website about our village
    which is near Mukachevo.
  • sandy trevino Oct 3, 2007 @ 8:08 am | delete
    Trying to find info on my grandfather's family. Name. Hleba, on my birth certificate it is Hylba (chlba). Ever hear of that name? He emigrated to the US and in t Canada in the 1890's settled inWestern Pa and died in a mine explosion with my uncle.

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