SOCIO-POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE UNION OF RUSYNS-UKRAINIANS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC (1989-1993)

Keywords: Rusyns, Ukrainians, Eastern Slovakia, Cultural Union of Ukrainian Workers of Czechoslovakia, Union of Rusyns-Ukrainians of the Slovak Republic, slovakization, Ukrainian national associations, cultural and national life

Abstract

The given article, based on archival documents, provides the analysis of socio-political, socio-cultural, and educational activities of the Union of Rusyns-Ukrainians in the Slovak Republic, the updated name of which was adopted at the extraordinary Congress of the Cultural Union of Ukrainian workers of Czechoslovakia in January 20, 1990 in Prešov. The Cultural Union of Ukrainian Workers of Czechoslovakia of cultural orientation (founded in 1951), which was the predecessor of the new organization, is mentioned. According to the decision of the Congress, the reformed organization focused on strengthening the friendship and cooperation with the Slovak people, other nationalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, etc. It is noted that the return to the old name was seen by the Rusyn-Ukrainians of Eastern Slovakia as one of the means of identity struggle against the accelerated slovakization in the context of aggravation of interethnic relations in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in the late 1980s and 1990s.

The analysis of the adopted documents in which the Congress stated its intentions and requirements is given including: Program Proclamation of the Congress, the Memorandum of Rusyns-Ukrainians of Czechoslovakia to the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Slovak National Council and the SSR Government, the Statute of the Council of Rusyns-Ukrainians of Czechoslovakia, “Organization’s Work Plan for the Near Future”, which expressed the need to give priority to working with young people in and out of schools. The catastrophic decrease in the number of schools with the Ukrainian language of instruction is stated. The paper also notes the numerical grow and revitalization of other Ukrainian national associations and institutions in Slovakia willing to work in the field of cultural and national life of Rusyns-Ukrainians (Oleksander Dukhnovych Society, Rukh, “OBRUCH” Organization, Association of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic, Carpathians Youth Union, etc.)

 

Almashiy, V. (2020). Socio-Political and Socio-Cultural Activities of the Union of Rusyns-Ukrainians in the Slovak Republic (1989-1993). Mìžnarodnì zv’âzki Ukraïni: naukovì pošuki ì znahìdki – The International relations of Ukraine: scientific searches and findings, 29, 226-247 [in Ukrainian].

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2020-11-10
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Almashiy , V. (2020). SOCIO-POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE UNION OF RUSYNS-UKRAINIANS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC (1989-1993). International Relations of Ukraine: Scientific Searches and Findings, (29), 226-247. https://doi.org/10.15407/mzu2020.29.226