Carpathian Ruthenia

Carpathian Ruthenia, Carpatho-Ukraine or Zakarpattia (Rusyn: Карпатьска Русь; Ukrainian: Карпатська Русь, Karpats'ka Rus' or Закарпаття, Zakarpattja; Slovak and Czech: Podkarpatská Rus; Hungarian: Kárpátalja; Romanian: Transcarpatia; Polish: Zakarpacie; Russian: Карпатская Русь, Karpatskaya Rus'; German: Karpatenukraine) is a historic region in the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, with smaller parts in easternmost Slovakia and Poland's Lemkovyna. It is an ethnically diverse region, inhabited by Rusyn, Lemko, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Romanian, Bulgarian and Russian populations. It also has small Hutsul, Jewish, Romani, Székely and Csango minorities.