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1. Ruthenia I became interested in the country of Ruthenia and the history behind it's territory when I began my genealogical research into my Eastern European heritage. You see, all of my ancestors were of Eastern European descent. On my father's side,...
2. Rusyns -- People Without a Country Rusyns are a modern ethnic group descended from the minority of Ruthenians who did not adopt a Ukrainian national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The ethnic identity of Rusyns is therefore highly controversial, with some res...
3. Goulash -- Hungarian and More I know you know, goulash is a hot dish, originally from Hungary, made of beef, onions, red peppers and paprika powder which is digested in my other lens on Hungarian Goulash. The other definition of goulash says that it is occasionally used to m...
4. Gytha and Vladimir We don't have any images of Gytha, which is a pity, because she a worthy wife for Vladimir of Ruthenia, Vladimir II of Kiev, Prince of All Rus. Gytha fled to the Danish court on the death of her father, Harold II, at the Battle of Hastings. She marr...
5. Carpatho-Ukraine -- Who, What and Where In 1946 Carpatho-Ukraine became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, known as the Zakarpattia Oblast. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, it became part of independent Ukraine as Zakarpattia Oblast. It's also referred to as the Transc...