Ruthenian Peasants Party

Ruthenian [Bread-producing] Peasants Party (Rusyn: Руська хліборобська партія, romanized: Ruska khliborobska partiya) was a political party in Czechoslovakia. The party was founded in 1920. The most prominent personality in the party was Avgustyn Voloshyn, a renowned linguist from Uzhhorod. The party published the weekly newspaper Svoboda.^[3]

Ruthenian Peasants Party Руська хліборобська партія
Leader	Avgustyn Voloshyn
Founded	1920
Dissolved	1924 (as independent party)
Succeeded by	Christian People's Party
Headquarters	Uzhhorod
Newspaper	Svoboda
Ideology	Ukrainophilia[1][2] Conservatism Christian democracy Christian nationalism
Religion	Greek Catholicism
National affiliation	Czechoslovak People's Party (1924–1938)
Politics of Czechoslovakia Political parties Elections

In 1923, the party changed name to Christian People's Party (Rusyn: Християнсько-народна партія, romanized: Christijansko-narodna partija). In 1924, the party merged into the Czechoslovak People's Party.^[3] The Czechoslovak People's Party kept the name "Christian People's Party" in Subcarpathian Rus'.^[4]