Russian National Autonomous Party Explained

Russian National Autonomous Party
Leader:Stefan Fentsik
Foundation:1935
Ideology:Rusyn nationalism
Fascism[1] [2] [3]
Pan-Slavism
Neo-Slavism
Anticommunism
Antisemitism
Corporatism
Galician Russophilia
Country:Czechoslovakia
Dissolved:30 March 1946
Position:Far-right
Religion:Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Slogan:"Subcarpathian Rus for the Carpatho-Russians!"

Russian National Autonomous Party (Руська національно-автономна партія|translit=Ruska natsionalno-avtonomna partia, Czech: Ruská nacionálně-autonomní strana) was one of political parties of ethnic Rusyns in Second Czechoslovak Republic. It was founded by Štepan Fencik, just ahead of the 1935 Czechoslovak parliamentary election, in March 1935 in Mukachevo. Fencik was elected to parliament. The party published Nash puť ('Our Path').[4]

The party advocated for full political autonomy of Subcarpathian Rus' within the Second Czechoslovak Republic. Politically, it displayed antisemitic and far-right characteristics.[5] In the programmatic declarations of the party, it demanded recognition of the Carpatho-Russian national minority, support or Slavic ideas and genuine democracy.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Czechoslovakia, a Country Study. 38. Subcarpathian Ruthenia. 1982. Rosalyn Unger. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124101653/https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QadiNtgW1Wlywu5gPab8uXzNj8CO-pVEMSnLJGvSvutSClCcBQQ4_i3StFf6mjG5giQJlKPDW2l03p_-LtU6iHU3GGZll5616vOiX6QrqLa43o9ye2PWBCANR-aXG9pKvMY8LL9wZ1l7RWsrFGYuPOwN98Und2x4anTWHpw8bs-U_iwHzZPESyTh3IYJqCK8vZjNh6Wi--9i7rLhrDBo-jofGJZlXhuQ-8xyBzWaYWMWeyXqXxg1HzgTIhbVvXq8FmEPIgSNQE7skCzLWEqB9uB4edG5PQ. 24 January 2024.
  2. Book: Area Handbook Series. 38. 1989.
  3. Book: Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI, Volume 1. 137. Czechoslovakia: A Bridge between East and West. Giuseppe Motta. 9781443854610.
  4. 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. 234
  5. Němcová 2000, 247.