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Society for Rusyn Evolution

Nová rusínska dekáda: Pravidlá pre revidované hnutie (SLK)

Nová rusínska dekáda: Pravidlá pre revidované hnutie (SLK)

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Starik Pollock, the author of Sovereignty and Between Morality and Greatness, returns with another work on the subject of Rusyn intellectual development. Instead of commenting on why the creation of a national vision should occur like before, Starik went further and outlined a possible next decade of progress. To this end, he has also helped to crystalize a definition of who the Rusyn people are and what their interests could be in the form of a Carpathian Rusyn nation. This attempt at creating a monumental step forward is nothing like what has been seen before in the Rusyn world and it is needed now more than ever.

Six major goals are laid out that aim to cover the domains of politics, culture, and national viability. They are as follows:
  • Official recognition of Rusyns and the Rusyn language as a unique ethnicity and language in Ukraine.
  • The implementation of the 1991 autonomy vote and the renaming of Zakarpattia Oblast to the Autonomous Region of Podkarpatska Rus.
  • The implementation of Rusyn language education in primary and secondary education (from ages 5 to 18) in all regions of Carpathian Rus and the diaspora.
  • The creation of Rusyn minority ethnic parties in Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine to vouch for the interests of their respective populations.
  • Double the population of self-identifying Rusyns in the diaspora and increase the self-identifying Rusyn population in Europe excluding Subcarpathia by at least 50%.
  • Official recognition of the Lemko Ethnocide by the Polish government and the repopulation of Lemkovyna through cooperation with the state and international Rusyn organizations.
How and why these goals should be achieved is further analyzed throughout the following chapters in a way that is both accessible to the average reader while also striving to give a deeper context. Those that purchase this book will not only begin to see a path forward but also start to understand how to get there.
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