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.[1]
Ruthenian Peasants Party Руська хліборобська партія | |
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| Leader | Avgustyn Voloshyn |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Dissolved | 1924 |
| Merged into | Czechoslovak People's Party |
| Headquarters | Uzhhorod |
| Newspaper | Svoboda |
| Ideology | Conservatism Christian democracy Christian nationalism |
| Religion | Greek Catholicism |
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.[1]
References
- 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. 233
Political parties of ethnic minorities in Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)  | |
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