Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture

The Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture is especially welcome because it is the first encyclopedia of its kind published in English and for this reason alone it fills a void. Both editors are leading authorities on the subject with Paul Robert Magocsi having written previous works (Magocsi, 1978, 1994). Ivan I. Pop previously published Entsiklopediia Podkarpatskoi Rusi (Pop, 2001) that appears, by title alone, to be a similar work.

The resurgence of nationalistic fervour within the latter part of the twentieth century in regions of Central and Eastern Europe coincided with the fall of Communism. This nationalism was and...