With Their Backs to the Mountains: A History of Carpathian Rus' and Carpatho-Rusyns

by Paul Robert Magocsi

Book Overview

This is a history of a stateless people, the Carpatho-Rusyns, and their historic homeland, Carpathian Rus', located in the heart of central Europe. A little over 100,000 Carpatho-Rusyns are registered in official censuses but their population is estimated at around 1,000,000, the greater part in Ukraine and Slovakia. The majority of the diaspora--nearly 600,000--lives in the US.

At the present, when it is fashionable to speak of nationalities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6155053391
• ISBN13: 9786155053399
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"