Ruthenian Peasants Party

Ruthenian [Bread-producing] Peasants Party (Rusyn: Руська хліборобська партія, romanized: Ruska khliborobska partiya) was a political party in Czechoslovakia. The party was founded in 1920. The most prominent personality in the party was Avgustyn Voloshyn, a renowned linguist from Uzhhorod. The party published the weekly newspaper Svoboda.[4]

Ruthenian Peasants Party
Руська хліборобська партія
LeaderAvgustyn Voloshyn
Founded1920
Dissolved1924 (as independent party)
Merged intoUkrainian National Union [uk] (1939)
HeadquartersUzhhorod
NewspaperSvoboda
IdeologyUkrainophilia[1][2][3]
Conservatism
Christian democracy
Christian nationalism
ReligionGreek Catholicism
National affiliationCzechoslovak People's Party (1924–1938)

In 1923, the party changed name to Christian People's Party (Rusyn: Християнсько-народна партія, romanized: Christijansko-narodna partija). In 1924, the party merged into the Czechoslovak People's Party.[4] The Czechoslovak People's Party kept the name "Christian People's Party" in Subcarpathian Rus'.[5]

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