Ruthenian Peasants Party
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Ruthenian [Bread-producing] Peasants Party (Rusyn: Руська хліборобська партія, 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]
In 1923, the party changed name to Christian People's Party (Christijansko-narodna partija). In 1924, the party merged into the Czechoslovak People's Party.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
