This Day in Rusyn History

Facts and events from Rusyn history every day. Події, люде, явленя.
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Мы, Пудкарпатські Русины, твердо выступаєме против напада Російської Федерації на Украйину. Осуджуєме тых окремых особ, што уд имня Русинӯв безочливо плескавут путінськӯй аґресії.

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#UkraineUnderAttack

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October 28, 1944: The Soviet Army arrives in Čop 🇺🇦, completing its de-facto annexation of what was to become Transcarpathia. Within a year, the military helped establish a provisional buffer state, and the Soviet takeover of Subcarpathian Rus was acknowledged by Czechoslovakia.

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October 28, 1936: Linguist Vasil Jabur is born in Stakčín 🇸🇰. He was one of the main activists behind the codification of the Rusyn language in Slovakia. Jabur has also prepared the program for Rusyn-language school instruction for Slovakia's Ministry of Education.

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October 28, 1918: Gregory Zhatkovich and the American National Council of Uhro-Rusyns reach an agreement with Czechoslovak leader Tomáš G. Masaryk for the unification of Rusyn-inhabited lands with the new post-war state of Czechoslovakia, soon to be confirmed by a plebiscite.

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October 27, 1991: Founding of the Transcarpathian Democratic League of Nationalities, which united 7 minority organizations in the region, including one for Rusyns. The League promoted autonomy for Transcarpathia and national autonomies for Transcarpathia's ethnic minorities.

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October 27, 1965: Bogdan Horbal, historian & librarian, is born in Ścinawa 🇵🇱. He has published several works on Lemko personalities & major events in Lemko history, incl. a study on the interwar Lemko republics. Horbal is currently a curator for the NYPL. https://t.co/OiWrucyRpP

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October 27, 1951: Dmytro Kešeľa, journalist & belletrist, is born in Kľačanovo 🇺🇦. He has written several satirical collections of short stories in Rusyn, as well as tales & short stories with vernacular Rusyn dialogues.

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October 27, 1909: Mihal Kovač, belletrist & activist, is born in Šid 🇷🇸 († 2005). He is seen as a key writer in Vojvodina Rusyn literature, with a wealth of poems, short stories, plays, & a novel. Kovač's work has been translated into various languages of the former Yugoslavia.

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October 27, 1904: Joakim Segedi, Bishop of Križevci, is born in Ruski Kerestur 🇷🇸 († 2004). He also wrote a guide to Byzantine-rite liturgy, historical surveys of the eparchy, a description of Rusyn life in Ruski Kerestur, and an account of the Rusyn homeland in the Carpathians.

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October 27, 1879: Basil Takach, Bishop of the Greek Cath. Exarchate in the U.S., is born in Vučkovo 🇺🇦 († 1948). His efforts to enforce the Vatican's decree stating newly ordained G.C. priests in America be celibate (1929) were met with lasting protests, splitting the community.

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October 26, 1938: A new government of Subcarpathian Rus (renamed Carpatho-Ukraine) is appointed, headed by Avgustyn Voloshyn. It soon set up an authoritarian single-party system, oriented towards Nazi Germany, & influenced by the Org. of Ukrainian Nationalists & its paramilitary.

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October 26, 1927: Linguist László Dezső is born in Budapest 🇭🇺 († 2016). He has published widely on the history of Subcarpathian Rusyn dialects, in particular the developments of the 16th-18th cc. Dezső has also analyzed manuscripts from this period, incl. the Niagovo postilla.

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October 26, 1888: Fedor Aristov, founder of Carpathian studies in Russia, is born in Varnavino 🇷🇺 († 1932). He wrote a wide body of historical, economic, ethnographic, linguistic & other works on Carpathian topics, and established the Carpatho-Russian Museum in Moscow (1907-17).

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October 26: The Carpatho-Rusyn Day is celebrated in the United States and Canada 🇺🇸🇨🇦. This date was chosen to commemorate the 1918 Mid-European Union meeting in Independence Hall, where #CarpathoRusyns were represented as a distinct nationality.

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October 23, 1918: The Mid-European Union meets in Philadelphia's Independence Hall. The Uhro-Rusyn delegation was headed by G. Zhatkovych. A declaration was signed, emphasizing self-determination & minority rights. A map proposal for post-war Central Europe also featured Rusinia.

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October 25, 1985: Linguist Michal Vašíček is born in Prague 🇨🇿. His works include a dissertation on the Rusyn dialects on the state border between Slovakia and Ukraine, as well as other publications dealing with Rusyn dialectology and sociolinguistics.

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October 25, 1957: Mykhailo Kapral, philologist & journalist, is born in Novyny 🇺🇦. His research topics include the history of the Rusyn press and the WW2-era Subcarpathian Scholarly Society, the codification of the Rusyn language in Hungary, and the Rusyn dialect of Velyki Lazy.

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October 24, 1849: Hungary is re-divided into military & civil districts; the latter include the Užhorod ("Rusyn") District effectively headed by Adolf Dobriansky. While short-lived, the District embodied the idea of autonomy & was favorable to its Rusyn populace & their language.

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October 24, 1843: Teofil Kaczmarczyk, priest & activist, is born in Czarne 🇵🇱 († 1922). He co-founded the Ruska Bursa student dormitory in Nowy Sącz. In 1914, Kaczmarczyk & his two sons were sent to the Talerhof internment camp along with other Lemko Russophiles.

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October 23, 1928: Sociologist Anrdzej Kwilecki is born in Kwilcz 🇵🇱 († 2019). His research among Lemkos resettled to Poland's western territories was the first major study of Lemkos in Poland after WW2. Kwilecki has also published major articles on Lemko history & ethnography.