This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AndriyK (talk | contribs) at 17:42, 7 September 2007 (Undid revision 150559388 by Irpen (talk) The first sentece refers to modern times, Tsardom of Russia is anachronism in the present conte). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 17:42, 7 September 2007 by AndriyK (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 150559388 by Irpen (talk) The first sentece refers to modern times, Tsardom of Russia is anachronism in the present conte)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Goryuns (also Goriuns, Goryuny) is a little-documented ethnic group of East Slavs living around Putyvl in Sumy Oblast of Ukraine. The dialect of the Russian language spoken by Goryuns has some features of Belarusian and Ukrainian.
Goryuns are usually considered to represent a tiny sub-ethnos of Russians . Regardless, they consider themselves to be distinct from other Russians, as well as Ukrainians living in the same region .
Goryun villages were mentioned for the first time in chronicles in 16th century, shortly after the annexation of the region to Muscovy. From this the Belarusian scientist Fiodar Klimchuk concludes that the Goryuns might live in the region before the year 1500.
There are different hypotheses about the origin of Goriuns. James Stuart Olson describes them as a Ukrainized subgroup of the Polekh, or "Russian settlers mixed with local Belarusians and Lithuanians". According to Fiodar Klimchuk, the Goryuns may be descendants of local Siverians or they might be of mixed Siverians-Radimich stock, or their Siverians ancestors might have moved to North-West and then returned back. Some researchers believe that they are autochthonous to the region and are related to the local ancient Slavic population, according to others they are descendants of migrants from what is now Belarus that were mixed with the local population.
Goryuns are known for their unique style of polyphonic singing.
Referencies
- ^ F.D. Klimchuk, About ethnoliguistic history of Left Bank of Dnieper (in connection to the ethnogenesis of Goriuns). Published in "Goriuns: history, language, culture" Proceedings of International scientific conferenc, (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, February 13, 2004) Cite error: The named reference "conf" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Russians in Ukraine Cite error: The named reference "kongr" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- Radio Free Europe about the Goryuns
- Olson, James Stuart. An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. Greenwood Press, 1994. ISBN 0313274975. Page 554.