Russian National Autonomous Party (Rusyn: Руська національно-автономна партія, romanized: Ruska natsionalno-avtonomna partia, Czech: Ruská nacionálně-autonomní strana) was one of political parties of ethnic Rusyns in Second Czechoslovak Republic. It was founded by Štepan Fencik, just ahead of the 1935 Czechoslovak parliamentary election, in March 1935 in Mukachevo. Fencik was elected to parliament. The party published Nash puť ('Our Path').[4]
Russian National Autonomous Party Руська національно-автономна партія | |
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| Leader | Stefan Fentsik |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Dissolved | 30 March 1946 |
| Ideology | Rusyn nationalism Fascism[1][2][3] Pan-Slavism Neo-Slavism Anticommunism Antisemitism Corporatism Galician Russophilia |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
| Slogan | "Subcarpathian Rus for the Carpatho-Russians!" |
The party advocated for full political autonomy of Subcarpathian Rus' within the Second Czechoslovak Republic. Politically, it displayed antisemitic and far-right characteristics.[5] In the programmatic declarations of the party, it demanded recognition of the Carpatho-Russian national minority, support or Slavic ideas and genuine democracy.[4]
Footnotes edit
- ^ Rosalyn Unger (1982). "Subcarpathian Ruthenia". Czechoslovakia, a Country Study. p. 38. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
- ^ Area Handbook Series. 1989. p. 38.
- ^ Giuseppe Motta. "Czechoslovakia: A Bridge between East and West". Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI, Volume 1. p. 137. ISBN 9781443854610.
- ^ a b Collegium Carolinum (Munich, Germany), and Karl Bosl. Die erste Tschechoslowakische Republik als multinationaler Parteienstaat: Vorträge d. Tagungen d. Collegium Carolinum in Bad Wiessee vom 24.-27. November 1977 u. vom 20.-23. April 1978. München: Oldenbourg, 1979. p. 234
- ^ Němcová 2000, 247.
References edit
- Němcová, Markéta (2000). "Strany rusínské menšiny". In Pavel Marek; et al. (eds.). Přehled politického stranictví na území českých zemí a Československa v letech 1861-1998. Olomouc: Katedra politologie a evropských studií FFUP. pp. 245–247. ISBN 80-86200-25-6.