. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HUNGAEY. 97 increase may be mentJoned the two villages of Dettva, in the comitat of Zolyom, which, from mere farms in the midst of a forest, have grown into jolaces having over 12,000 inhabitants each. Tiiroez-Szent-Marton may be looked upon as the literary centre of the Slovaks. The Ruthenians, or Little Paissians, inhabit the hills in which the Theiss and its upper tributaries have their sources, to the east of the Slovaks. These Russians—called Oroszok by the Magyars—first established themselves in the forests which formerly covered the whole o
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HUNGAEY. 97 increase may be mentJoned the two villages of Dettva, in the comitat of Zolyom, which, from mere farms in the midst of a forest, have grown into jolaces having over 12,000 inhabitants each. Tiiroez-Szent-Marton may be looked upon as the literary centre of the Slovaks. The Ruthenians, or Little Paissians, inhabit the hills in which the Theiss and its upper tributaries have their sources, to the east of the Slovaks. These Russians—called Oroszok by the Magyars—first established themselves in the forests which formerly covered the whole of the Carpathians, and gradually spread over the extensive territory extending from the Tâtra to the mountains of Transylvania. A few districts in which German was spoken a hundred years ago have become Ruthenian, but elsewhere there are large tracts inhabited by Fig. 61.—The Slovaks of Hungary According to Ficker. Scale 1 : 4,125,000. i.' Paris. 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. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not p
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