Slovenská národnostná menšina na Ukrajine a jej printové médiá
Slovak national minority in Ukraine and its print media

Summary/Abstract: According to the census in 2001, 6,397 people in Ukraine have enrolled as of Slovak nationality, mainly living in the Transcarpathian region. Most of Slovaks live in Uzhgorod. Slovaks first arrived in what is now known the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine in the 11th century. In the 20th century the territory of Transcarpathian Ukraine was a part of seven states. After the Ukraine‘s Independence in 1991, Slovak national consciousness among expatriates and revitalization of Slovak national minority in Transcarpathian Ukraine were brought up. In the Transcarpathian Ukraine five associations of Slovaks were established. The most of active association presenting the genuine culture is the Regional cultural-educational organization “Matica slovenská” in the Transcarpathia. An important role in the life of the Slovak national minority in the Transcarpathia has the General-education school no. 4 with Slovak as the teaching language and the Department of the Slovak Philology at the Philological Faculty of Uzhgorod National University. Significant is also the television and radio broadcast for Slovaks in Transcarpathian Ukraine, and the effort to restore the monthly “Podkarpatský Slovak”. There were also published several issues of „Dôvera“ magazine and one issue of monthly „Slovenské Slovo“.

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