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Central Europe remains a region of ongoing change and continuing significance in the contemporary world. This third, fully revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Central Europe takes into consideration recent changes in the region. The 120 full-colour maps, each accompanied by an explanatory text, provide a concise visual survey of political, economic, demographic, cultural, and religious developments from the fall of the Roman Empire in the early fifth century to the present. No less than 19 countries are the subject of this atlas. In terms of today's borders, those countries include Lithuania, Poland, and Belarus in the north; the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, an...
This revised and expanded edition of Let's Speak Rusyn - Bisyiduime po rusyn'sky is an introduction to the Rusyn language for English speakers who want to learn the language of their ancestors and gain entry into the dynamic cultural world of Carpathian Rus'.Let's Speak Rusyn - Bisyiduime po rusyn'sky contains:Useful phrases in English and Rusyn, both in the Cyrillic and Roman (Latin) alphabets26 chapters organized around a particular theme, such as greetings, introductions, requests, weather, time expressions, food and meals, entertainment, family and friends, church and ceremonies, health, civic affairs, and colloquial phrasesA new chapter on the natural worldUpdated vocabulary that reflects new linguistic, political, and technological realitiesThe new Rusyn literary standard adopted for Slovakia's Presov Region in 2005An introduction to Rusyn grammar, including the case system, conjugation and declension paradigms, and verbal aspectTwo detailed maps that illustrate dialects in Carpathian Rus' and ethnographic divisions among Carpatho-Rusyns
Ukraine is Europe's second state and this lavishly illustrated volume provides a concise and easy to read historical survey of the country from earliest times to the present. Each of the book's forty-six chapters is framed by a historical map, which graphically depicts the key elements of the chronological period or theme addressed within. In addition, the entire text is accompanied by over 300 historic photographs, line drawings, portraits, and reproductions of books and art works, which bring the rich past of Ukraine to life. Rather than limiting his study to an examination of the country's numerically largest population - ethnic Ukrainians - acclaimed scholar Paul Robert Magocsi emphasize...
The Carpatho-Rusyns are an East Central European people, numbering approximately 1.2 million, who live within the borders of four states: Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, and Poland. The first work on the Rusyn culture published in English.
This study provides a solid background for understanding nineteenth-century Galicia as the historic Piedmont of the Ukrainian national revival.
Throughout the nineteenth century the province of Galicia was noted for political conflicts and the cultural vibrancy of its three major national groups: Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews. This volume brings together for the first time eleven essays on various aspects of the last seventy-five years of Austrian Galicia's existence.