https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/issue/feedRocznik Ruskiej Bursy2023-01-24T11:23:00+01:00Department of Scientific Journals, Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishingjournals@akademicka.plOpen Journal Systems<p>The "Ruska Bursa Annual" is a scholarly Lemko studies journal, mainly in the Lemko language. It has been published since 2005 by the Ruska Bursa Association in Gorlice, Poland. In the four main sections: Documents; Discussion; Inspiration; Reviews and Reports, there is a mix of history, literary studies, linguistics, cultural studies, political science, and other articles, about the Lemko homeland in general and the broader Carpathian Rus’. The writing is of an international character, from the page publishing authors, known as Lemko and Carpatho-Rusyn studies specialists from Europe and North America, its readership, and above all, its Editorial Board.</p>https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4843Front Matter2023-01-23T13:14:28+01:002022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4848Between Legal and Real Recognition: The Identity Politics of Lemko Activists2023-01-24T11:23:00+01:00Ewa Michnapublishing@akademicka.pl<p>The article analyzes the identity policy pursued by those Lemko activists for whom the political transformation of the early 1990s allowed to express of their identity unfetteredly. The democratization of social life conducted the next stage of Lemkos’ emancipation, which began along with the process of national differentiation of the Eastern Slavs. This paper presents the main challenges that ethnic activists from the group with a disputed by various social actors status have faced. It reveals the emancipation of the Lemko community with a diachronic approach, considering changes caused by the formalization of the group, with its inclusion in the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and on the regional languages.</p>2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4849Russia as a Mythical Land: The Compensatory Role of Ideas about Russianness in Lemko Cultural Texts2023-01-24T11:22:58+01:00Helena Duć-Fajferpublishing@akademicka.pl<p><strong>RUSSIA AS A MYTHICAL LAND: THE COMPENSATORY ROLE OF IDEAS ABOUT RUSSIANNESS IN LEMKO CULTURAL TEXTS</strong></p> <p>The study attempts to identity the imaginary constructs presented in Lemko literature referred to Russia and Russianness. Social and geopolitical conditions of the formation of the Lemko ethnic identity played a key role in their creation. In the text the hypostases of Russianness, concretizing themselves in the Lemko identity discourse, are singled out: the myth of the righteous tsar – the defender of persecuted Ruthenians and the vision of Russia as a land of prosperity. Personal and textual examples of the impact of these myths are presented. Social utopias built on their basis are described. The consequences of the political interpretation of these mythical and cultural images for the fate of the entire Lemko community are indicated.</p>2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4851Neighborhood Relations between the Romany and Lemkos in the Biography of Michal Olesnovich2023-01-24T11:22:53+01:00Monika Szewczykpublishing@akademicka.pl<p>The paper draws on the author’s doctoral dissertation “Dynamics of the Migration of Carpathian Romany to the Western and Northern Territories”. Based on the collected research material, in the article the Roma‑Lemko relations from the perspective of the Romany and Lemkos before the deportation from the Lemko region and after their settlement in the Western Territories is presented.</p>2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4852Emil Kubek’s “Others”: Class, Nation, and Race in Carpatho-Rusyn American Literature2023-01-24T11:22:51+01:00Nick Kupenskypublishing@akademicka.pl<p>W niniejszym artykule przeprowadzono analizę sposobu przedstawiania terminów „swój” i „inny” w prozie i poezji karpacko‑ rusińskiego pisarza, Emila Kubeka. Jako ksiądz katolicki obrządku bizantyńskiego Kubek często wybiera bohaterów znajdujących się na marginesie społeczeństwa – ubogich, poniżanych, uciśnionych, co pozwala mu kojarzyć Amerykanów narodowości karpacko‑ rusińskiej z różnorodnymi grupami społecznymi. Czerpiąc z ówczesnych kategorii klasowych, narodowych i rasowych, Kubek niekiedy częściej niż z białymi Amerykanami identyfikuje Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia z innymi „ludami pomiędzy” (Włosi) lub rasami (Afroamerykanie). Podczas gdy estetyka Kubeka zachęcała jego czytelników do kultywowania etyki wyrażającej współczucie i solidarność z innymi, kolejne pokolenia Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia porzuciły ten imperatyw i w dużej mierze zasymilowały się z białą kulturą amerykańską.</p>2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4854With Their Backs to the Mountains (Script for a Dance Theater Performance of “Ruthenia” – the Folk Group, 2021)2023-01-23T14:47:53+01:00Petro Medvіd'publishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4859Back Matter2023-01-23T15:12:54+01:002022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4846“Moods of Foreign Nationalities”2023-01-23T13:46:24+01:00Natalia Małecka‑Nowakpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4847“Moods of Foreign Nationalities”2023-01-23T13:50:25+01:00Natalia Małecka‑Nowakpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4844Introduction2023-01-23T13:16:23+01:00Helena Duć-Fajferpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4845Introduction2023-01-23T13:20:29+01:00Helena Duć-Fajferpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4855I Believed2023-01-23T14:51:36+01:00Paweł Ksenyczpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4856Lemko Discourse in External Spaces2023-01-23T14:58:24+01:00Helena Duć-Fajferpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4857Review of Ritorni. Powroty. Bepтаня. Antologia poezji łemkowskiej2023-01-23T15:04:10+01:00Dariusz Łukaszewskipublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4853Thinking of the Alien2023-01-24T11:22:48+01:00Bernard Valdenfelspublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022 https://journals.akademicka.pl/rrb/article/view/4858Richard Meehan Renoff (b. March 2, l935-d. Westbury, Long Island, April 4, 2015): An Appreciation2023-01-23T15:06:47+01:00Bogdan Horbalpublishing@akademicka.plEdward Kasinecpublishing@akademicka.plPatricia Krafcikpublishing@akademicka.pl2022-12-18T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2022