Alexander Dukhnovych Theater
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The Alexander Dukhnovych Theater ( rue, Tеатр Александра Духновіча, ''Teatr Aleksandra Duxnoviča'', although the sign in the adjacent photo reads Tеатр Александра Духновича; sk, Divadlo Alexandra Duchnoviča), located in
Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...
, is the only Slovak theatre providing plays in the
Rusyn language Rusyn (; rue, label=Rusyn language#Carpathian Rusyn, Carpathian Rusyn, русиньскый язык, translit=rusîn'skyj jazyk; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, руски язик, translit=ruski jazik),http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2781/1/2011Bapt ...
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History

The Alexander Dukhnovych Theater was founded in 1945 as a Ukrainian national Theatre. In 1990 after Velvet revolution and fall of communism in Czechoslovakia it was renamed after a priest and social activist of the Rusyn nation
Alexander Dukhnovych Alexander Vasilyevich Dukhnovych ( rue, Александер Васильєвич Духновiч, ''Aleksander Vasyl’jevyč Duxnovič''; uk, Олександр Васильович Духнович, ''Oleksandr Vasylovych Dukhnovych''; sk, A ...
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See also

* Rusyns * Paul Robert Magocsi


References

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External links


Alexander Duchnovič Theatre: Official site
Theatres in Prešov Tourist attractions in Prešov Region 1945 establishments in Slovakia Rusyn culture {{Slovakia-struct-stub