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Rusyns are Ukrainians who accepted Greek Catholicism and became the so-called Uniates. Their Ukrainian local speech was permeated with Slovak elements. They mostly lived in Ruthenia, which belonged to Austria-Hungary (a part of historical Hungary), now Ruthenia belongs to Ukraine.
Rusyn = Ruthenian
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This is not so simple. And not all Rusyns are Greek Catholics, I guess at least half of them are Orthodox.
Also, Ruthenia does not belong to Ukraine, it's divided between Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary (and Poland?).