Rusyn Americans
Rusyn Americans (Rusyn: Русиньскы Америчаны, Ukrainian: Русинські Американці; known as Carpatho-Rusyn Americans) are citizens of the United States of America, with ancestors who were Rusyns, from Carpathian Ruthenia, or neighboring areas of Central Europe. However, some Rusyn Americans, also or instead identify as Ukrainian Americans, Russian Americans, or even Slovak Americans.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7,583 U.S. Estimate, 2019, self-reported 620,000 Estimate by Paul R. Magocsi, 2012 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Northeast, Midwest | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, Slovak | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodox (Carpatho-Russian Orthodox), Eastern Catholic (Ruthenian Greek Catholic) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusian Americans, Russian Americans, Slovak Americans, Ukrainian Americans |
They are sometimes also referred to as Carpatho-Ruthenian Americans, but terms based on Ruthenian designations are often viewed as imprecise, since they have several wider meanings, related to their diverse historical, religious and ethnic uses and scopes, that were encompassing various East Slavic groups.
Since the Revolutions of 1989, there has been a revival in Rusyn nationalism and self-identification in both Carpathian Ruthenia and among the Rusyn diaspora in other parts of Europe and North America.