Rusyn Heritage, 1929

Rusyn Heritage, 1929
Young women from Cleveland's Rusyn community wear traditional ethnic dress, 1929. Rusyns came to Cleveland from the Carpathian Mountain region of Central Europe, an area that today is encompassed by the territory of Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. They are similar ethnically to Ukrainians and other eastern Slavic peoples but maintain their status as a distinct ethnic group. | Source: Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
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