''Amerikansky Russky Viestnik'' (1892–1952) was the longest-running
Rusyn
Rusyn may refer to:
* Rusyns, Rusyn people, an East Slavic people
** Pannonian Rusyns, Pannonian Rusyn people, a branch of Rusyn people
** Lemkos, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) people
** Boykos, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) people
* Rusyn l ...
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American
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newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
in the
United States
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.
The paper was the official publication of the
Greek Catholic Union of Rusyn Brotherhoods, a fraternal benefit society based in
Pennsylvania
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. Its founding editor was
Paul Zatkovich (1892–1914), who was followed by Michael Hanchin (1914–1920), George Jurion Thegze (1920–1929), Father
Stefan Varzaly (1929–1936), and Michael Roman (1937–1952).
It was published in both
Cyrillic and Roman-alphabet editions. In 1952 it was replaced with the English-language ''Greek Catholic Union Messenger'', which ran until 1992.
References
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External links
Greek Catholic Union of the USA website
Newspapers established in 1892
Publications disestablished in 1952
Rusyn-language newspapers
Rusyn-American culture in Pennsylvania
Rusyn-American history
Slovak-American culture in Pennsylvania
Slovak-language newspapers
1892 establishments in Pennsylvania
1952 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Rusyn culture
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