Carpatho-Rusyn Society

The Carpatho-Rusyn Society promotes the culture and history of the Carpatho-Rusyns, an East Slavic people who have lived for centuries in the Carpathian Mountains.  In the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire their homeland was in Galicia and northeastern Hungary. Today it is divided between eastern Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia) southern Poland, the Trancarpathian region of Ukraine, northern Romania and northern Hungary. 
Calling themselves Rusyns or Rusnaks, they have been variously referred to by others as Ruthenians, Carpatho-Russians, Lemkos, and Uhro- Rusyns. A stateless people, they are Eastern Christians (Orthodox or Byzantine/Greek Catholics) and have their own unique language and culture. Today Carpatho-Rusyns are recognized as a distinct cultural minority in every European country in which they live except for Ukraine.
Please visit our website:  www.c-rs.org