World Congress of Rusyns
World Congress of Rusyns (Rusyn: Світовый конґрес русинів / Svitovŷj kongres rusyniv) is the central event of the international Rusyn community. Its executive committee is called the World Council of Rusyns and currently has ten members: nine representing a country in which Rusyns live, and one ex officio voting member, the current chairperson of the World Forum of Rusyn Youth. The longtime chairman of the Congress was Paul Robert Magocsi, who now holds the title Honorary President.
Meetings
- 1st 1991, Medzilaborce, Slovakia
- 2nd 1993, Legnica, Poland
- 3rd 1995, Ruski Krstur, Serbia
- 4th 1997, Budapest, Hungary
- 5th 1999, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
- 6th 2001, Prague, Czech Republic
- 7th 2003, Presov, Slovakia
- 8th 2005, Krynica, Poland
- 9th 2007, Sighet, Romania
- 10th 2009, Ruski Krstur, Serbia and Petrovci, Croatia
- 11th 2011, Pilisszentkereszt, Hungary
External links
- World Congress official site
- Reports from WCR
- World Congresses - Articles and Documents
- Academy of Rusyn Culture / Reports from 8th and 9th Congress
- THE NINTH WORLD CONGRESS OF RUSYNS - SPEECHES
- 10th Congress Reports and Speeches in Ruthenian
- Ruthen Press
- Rusnak Info
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