Une nouvelle nationalité slave : les Ruthènes de l'Europe du Centre-Est

A new slavic nationality: the Rusyns of East-Central Europe This study discusses the basic characteristics of the national revival that has taken place among the Rusyns of East-Central Europe since the mid- 1980s. The author accepts the view of Ernest Gellner and other theorists that nationalities are intellectual constructs dependent on people who believe they have a common culture and who wish to function as a distinct community. Information is provided on the recent national revival among the Rusyns of Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. The author also contrasts the present Rusyn national revival with two previous ones that took place in the second half of the nineteenth century and interwar years of the twentieth century. The future success of the Rusyn revival depends in large part on the degree to which democratic reform is implemented by the post-Communist régimes in the five countries where Rusyns live.Magocsi Paul Robert. Une nouvelle nationalité slave : les Ruthènes de l'Europe du Centre-Est. In: Revue des études slaves, tome 69, fascicule 3, 1997. pp. 417-428