Rusyns of Romania

rdf:langString Rusyns of Romania

rdf:langString The Rusyns (Rusyn: Русины, romanized: Rusynŷ, Romanian: Ruteni) are an ethnic minority in Romania. While only 262 people officially identified themselves as "Rusyns" in the 2002 Romanian census, 3,890 people identified as Hutsuls (Romanian: Huțuli; Rusyn Hutsuly) – a minority whose members often identify or are regarded as a subgroup of the Rusyns. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015, there were 345 ethnic Ukrainians born in Romania who lived in the United States of America at that time. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015, there were no ethnic Carpatho-Rusyns born in Romania who lived in the United States of America at that time among the 156 foreign-born Carpatho-Rusyns and the 8,003 Carpatho-Rusyns living in the United States. By contrast, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015, there were 345 ethnic Ukrainians born in Romania who lived in the United States of America at that time. Another 61,091 Romanian citizens identified as Ukrainian (Romanian: Ucrainieni). As the archaic exonym Ruthenians was previously applied to both Rusyns and Ukrainians, some Ukrainian-Romanians may also regard themselves as Rusyns (without declaring themselves to, or being identified by, census collectors). Ukrainian-Romanians live primarily in northwestern Romania; the largest populations are found in Satu Mare and Maramureș counties. As an officially recognised ethnic minority, Rusyns have a reserved seat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, which is currently held by a party called the Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania.

rdf:langString Mainly Eastern Orthodox Christianity