Abstract

This article analyses the role of the press in the development of the identity of the Rusyns from Baþka and Sirmium in the interwar period. The main data on the history and studies carried out on the community in the examined period are presented. The main part analyses the editorial policies of the «Ruski novini» edition, published by the Greek-Catholic intelligentsia of Pro-Ukrainian orientation, and «Zarja», which had Panslavic, pro-Moscow and pro-Orthodox positions.