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February 20, 2012 5:52 pm at 5:52 pm
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Other names for the region are Subcarpathia, Carpathian Ruthenia, and Transcarpathia. The ethnic natives are known as Rus(yn), which is a Ukrainian ethnicity and is distinct from Russians despite the similarity of the name. The region was never part of Russia.
The region was part of Hungary from 895 CE through the end of WWI, which is slightly over 1,000 years. It was briefly part of Hungary again from 1938 until close to the end of WWII.