The Ruthenes are an indigenous sub-Carpathian people. Ukrainian authorities do not consider them to be a separate ethnos and continue calling them Ukrainians, although the UN has issued ...

As Carpathian legend has it, Oleksa Dovbush was a heroic outlaw with excellent fighting skills and a gift to predict the future. He was left an orphan as a small boy after a local lord murdered ...

The Carpathian Mountains are a horseshoe-shaped ... The gulf never narrows. “The mountain people, those born and bred here, don’t do much walking in the mountains,” says Sergiu Frusinoiu ...

Hikers should consider visiting the Carpathian Alps, which includes Romania’s Transylvanian Alps, instead of the Swiss Alps. It’s not only a cost-effective option, but this mountain range has ...

The Carpathian Mountains are a horseshoe-shaped range that arcs from central to southeastern Europe. From their western edge in Austria and the Czech Republic, the Carpathians rise clockwise ...