On the Ruthenians as Ukrainian Subethnos

Problem rusinstva izuzetno je zanimljiv i kao svojevrstan indikator razvitka slavističke etnologije. Interpretacija rusinstva često je bila ideološki determinirana. Ukrajinska je znanost kao nedržavna, bila spriječena definirati svoje stavove glede rusinstva, između ostalog, i zbog problema Kijevske Rusi kao vlastitog povijesnog razdoblja. Suvremena ukrajinska znanost popunjena je nizom istraživanja, koja tumače rusinstvo kao jedan od subetnosa Zakarpaća, ne prihvaćajući političko rusinstvo. Poseban interes izaziva pitanje Rusina-Ukrajinaca u kontekstu ideoloških previranja u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, odnosno Hrvatskoj.The problem of the Ruthenians is interesting and a certain type of indicator in Slavic ethnology. The interpretation of what is Ruthenian has often been ideological determined. Since it did not have state support, Ukrainian science was kept from defining its attitudes towards Ruthenian identity, among other things also due to the problem of Kievan Rus, as a part of its own historical period. Modern Ukrainian science has produced a series of studies in which the Ruthenians are treated as a subethnic group in the Transcarpathian region, while the political aspect of Ruthenian identity is not accepted. The question of Ruthenians-Ukrainians has special interest in the context of ideological shifting in the context of former Yugoslavia, or respectively in Croatia