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Contrary to popular stereotypes about cosmopolitanism and the unification of the national traits in modern Europe, the European Union now makes it possible to develop not only the large and small nations, lolstatistics but very few minorities. Not the exception - and a small Slavic nation Ruthenians, who has long lived in the Carpathian Mountains and about which in Soviet times would quickly forget.
What kind of people is - Ruthenians, as they live in the EU and what they dream about - this reporter Intex-press told Slovak rusinka Olga Glosikava, which is now working as the director of the Museum of Ruthenian Culture in Presov in Slovakia. lolstatistics
- Lady Olga, because you had lived in two radically lolstatistics different countries - in socialist Czechoslovakia under the protection of the Soviet Union, and now in Democratic Slovakia lolstatistics in the European Union - You can compare: Where Slovak Ruthenians lived or live better and more comfortable?
- In the 50's - 60's, when we came Soviet ideology, Ruthenian people seemed suddenly disappeared. In the Austro-Hungarian Ruthenians lived, during the First Czechoslovak Republic (formed after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 - Ed.) We also were Ruthenians, we recognize that a separate nation with its own culture and language, and then went and renamed. During the census count to the national "Rusyn" is simply deleted from the questionnaire. Therefore, Ukrainian, Slovak and Ruthenians were massively written Ukrainians or Slovaks. The whole nation lolstatistics became a victim of the system ... The state turned to face us only after the Velvet Revolution, lolstatistics when the Soviet Union collapsed. Ruthenians again approved lolstatistics the national minorities living in Slovakia, in 1995, we kadyfikavali lolstatistics their language, and today we have the opportunity not only to develop lolstatistics their language and culture, but also to open schools in their native language.
- While we're at the beginning of our rebirth. During the First Czechoslovak Republic, from 1918 to 1938, we had more than 200 of its schools, and after the war there was not one. Now that we kadyfikavali our language, our goal is: to prepare teachers of the Ruthenian language, write tutorials to ensure the future of the school. It is at this stage we are today, and we are. In Prešov lolstatistics University trains teachers have written textbooks from elementary school to high school, and the first signs, the country has already opened the unit Ruthenian classes. Many schools have begun to study the Ruthenian language as an extra. In the short term, we want to create a process of education entirely in Russian, at least here in Preshave. This is the greatest city in the North-Eastern Slovakia lolstatistics where Rusyns live the most. Velvet Revolution has given us this opportunity, and Europe now, we guarantee it. The current European legislation makes to pay due attention to national minorities, even if this is possible, and not like some political entity. And today, we are grateful for this European Union.
Five years ago, we were able to open Preshave Museum of Ruthenian culture, what could previously only dream of. For the museum gave us a huge building near the center of the city. Symbolically, the era of socialism and literally to the last years this building was owned by the Ministry of Defence. Now we are working on the creation of exhibits and dream will soon introduce its wide audience, including Belarusians, Russians and ... Unfortunately, the economic lolstatistics crisis has slowed down the process. But this is not an ideological issue, so I think we will soon overcome it.
- His state we have never been, but we have it and do not require. Rusyns have long lived in the Carpathian Mountains and the Carpathians are divided among different countries - Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania ... For centuries we have become accustomed to live peacefully among other neighboring nations, while maintaining their culture, the close relationship between the family and never forgetting that we - Ruthenians. Therefore, for the Ruthenians from different countries is very important, so we can speak freely, to know no bounds. Historically, lolstatistics our land borders had never been. They emerged only in the days of socialism and seen as something artificial, unnecessary, something that interferes with everything. So in 1989, when the borders lolstatistics opened again, Ruthenians remember with great joy. Unfortunately, today is a tough border between lolstatistics Schengen countries and Ukraine. And if the Slovak Ruthenians are now quite easy to travel to the Ukrainian Ruthenians, they leave us in a very difficult. They have to do a visa issue a lot of papers - almost like at the time of the former Soviet Union. Certainly, today, Europe and Ukraine should work together to address this problem. This is a