Pannonian Rusyns
{{Ethnic group|group=Pannonian Rusyns
poptime=20,000 approx. | popplace=Serbia:
15,626 (2002 census)
Croatia:
2,337 (2001 census)
note: some Pannonian Rusyns also declare themselves as Ukrainians | Pannonian Rusyn>rels=Predominantly Eastern Rite (Uniate). | related=Rusyns, Slovaks and other Slavic peoples
Pannonian Rusyns or simply Rusyns (Ruthenians) is the name of a Slavic minority in Serbia and Croatia. They are officially considered a separate nationality in Serbia and Croatia, but are also considered to be a part of the northern Rusyns (Ruthenians) who live mostly in Ukraine, but also in Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary.
The main difference between Pannonian Rusyns and northern Rusyns is language: the language of the Pannonian Rusyns has more Western Slavic features than the language of the northern Rusyns.The Pannonian Rusyns mostly live in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia. There are 15,626 declared ethnic Rusyns in Vojvodina (2002 census) and their language is one of the six official languages of Vojvodina province. The village of Ruski Krstur in the Kula municipality is the cultural centre of the Pannonian Rusyns. Other villages with Rusyn majority are Kucura in the Vrbas municipality and Bikić Do in the Šid municipality. Some Pannonian Rusyns also live in Slavonia (Croatia), forming majority in village of Petrovci in Bogdanovci municipality, Vukovar-Srijem county.Along with many Slovaks, they emigrated from eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia in the 18th century. Other Ruthenians, together with many Slovaks, went to present-day Croatia or remained in eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia.They speak the Pannonian Rusyn language (as opposed to the northern Rusyn), which is often considered only a microlanguage or dialect. Those considering the Pannonian Rusyns distinct from the northern Rusyns argue that their language is a Western Slavic language, as opposed to the northern Rusyn language, which is an Eastern Slavic language. However, both, the language of the Pannonian Rusyns and of the western part of the northern Rusyns (in Slovakia, Poland, etc.) is a mixture of features of Western and Eastern Slavic languages.#Ranko Bugarski, Jezici, Novi Sad, 1996.#Stevan Konstantinović, Priče o Rusinima, Šid, 1995.#Vladimir Kirda Bolhorves, Na debelom ledu, Beograd, 1996.*Rusyns
*Ethnic groups of Vojvodina
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