. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Over sopsji Ocer so ^ 100 Miles. Ruthenians, where only Magyar or Rumanian is spoken now. Though kinsmen of the Russians, the hosts of Paskiewitch, when they invaded Hungary in 1(S49, were not hailed as liberators by these the most peaceable of all Slavs. The principal centre of the Ruthenians in Hungary is Ushgorod (Unghvar). The Servians, who now form the bulk of the population in the Banat and elsewhere in the south, first arrived in large numbers after the Servian kingdom had been overthrown by the Turks. Before that time the Servians were repre- sen
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Over sopsji Ocer so ^ 100 Miles. Ruthenians, where only Magyar or Rumanian is spoken now. Though kinsmen of the Russians, the hosts of Paskiewitch, when they invaded Hungary in 1(S49, were not hailed as liberators by these the most peaceable of all Slavs. The principal centre of the Ruthenians in Hungary is Ushgorod (Unghvar). The Servians, who now form the bulk of the population in the Banat and elsewhere in the south, first arrived in large numbers after the Servian kingdom had been overthrown by the Turks. Before that time the Servians were repre- sented to the north of the Danube by a few colonies only ; but in 1G90 more than 36,000 Rascian zadnigas, numbering perhaps 400,000 or 500,000 individuals, sought a refuge in Hungary. Those of them who were assigned lands in Central or Northern Hungary gradually disappeared amongst the general
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