Rusyns

I think I also heard somewhere that Andy Warhol's parents were in fact Rusyns from Slovakia.

languagehat.com: RUSYN/RUTHENIAN. 2005

"When Vojvodinan Slovaks, Rusyns and Hungarians swear, they only swear in Serbian, saving their own languages for more noble expression."

languagehat.com: SERBIAN SWEARING. 2005

I'm not sure I believe this, though: "When Vojvodinan Slovaks, Rusyns and Hungarians swear, they only swear in Serbian, saving their own languages for more noble expression."

languagehat.com: SERBIAN SWEARING. 2005

Another difficulty in classification is related to the fact that the dialects have in the past and continue to be influenced by numerous sociolinguistic or extralinguistic factors from the larger world in which Rusyns live, whether in Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, the United States, or Canada.

languagehat.com: RUSYN/RUTHENIAN. 2005

For this reason, he has also drawn support in areas with heavy concentrations of ethnic minorities, such as the Hungarians and Rusyns (Ruthenians) in the far-Western provinces of Zakarpattia and Chernivitsi.

CFR.org - 2010

Speaking at a meeting of the Carpathian-Rusyn congress in Mukaceve on 25 October, he argued that the Rusyns of Ukraine should look not to Transnistria or Abkhazia as a model for their own future, but rather to the Czech and Slovak Republics which peacefully sealed their velvet divorce in 1993.

Balkanalysis.com 2008

This southwesternmost province of Ukraine is hill country, and it is home to the Rusyns - an ethnic and cultural minority who emphasise their distinct identity.

Balkanalysis.com 2008

For not only does the region have a large number of Ukrainians, but it is also home to other minorities beyond the Rusyns, notably the Hutsuls.

Balkanalysis.com 2008

And, interestingly, Rusyns across the border in neighbouring Slovakia show no appetite for independence.

Balkanalysis.com 2008

Three years is a long time in the politics of central and eastern Europe, and during those years the self-confidence of Rusyns, particularly in Ukraine, has grown enormously.

Balkanalysis.com 2008