Ruthenian Peasants Party | |
Native Name: | Руська хліборобська партія |
Leader1 Title: | Leader |
Leader1 Name: | Avgustyn Voloshyn |
Foundation: | 1920 |
Dissolution: | 1924 (as independent party) |
Headquarters: | Uzhhorod |
National: | Czechoslovak People's Party (1924–1938) |
Merged: | (1939) |
Newspaper: | Svoboda |
Ideology: | Ukrainophilia[1] [2] [3] Conservatism Christian democracy Christian nationalism |
Religion: | Greek Catholicism |
Country: | Czechoslovakia |
Ruthenian [Bread-producing] Peasants Party (rue|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.[4]
In 1923, the party changed name to Christian People's Party (rue|Християнсько-народна партія|Christijansko-narodna partija|link=no). In 1924, the party merged into the Czechoslovak People's Party.[4] The Czechoslovak People's Party kept the name "Christian People's Party" in Subcarpathian Rus'.[5]