Settlers of Ruthenian-Wallachian origin, alongside the Boykos and Lemkos, form a distinct group of Carpathian highlanders (the Eastern ... melancholic (when pining for the mountains), rebellious, ...
Divided between shifting borders for centuries, the Eastern Carpathians are one of the ethnically most diverse areas in Europe, home not only to Ukrainians but also Romanians, Slovaks, Poles, ...
Another theory suggests it was developed around the Pontic coast of northern Turkey around 3800 B.C. The third major theory ...