According to the media, Hungary received 11 prisoners of war from the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Russians. Why Hungary? due to the fact that it was about soldiers of Hungarian nationality – Ukrainian citizens from Zakarpacia.
I think that inactive besides fewer people in Poland realize how Ukraine is simply a multinational country. Among the many minorities there are besides 150 000 Hungarians who are the majority of residents in the Zakarpacia commune chain at the current Hungarian border and the full Berehow region. The fact that the Magisterians live there is, of course, the consequence of the fact that for hundreds of years the border was completely different. Zakarpata was part of the Hungarian monarchy, until the Treaty Treaty of Trianon of 1920 in which the victorious Entent dictated that the region be annexed to Czechoslovakia, although the Czechs were not there, and the Slovaks were very few. So the Hungarians are autochthons from the large grandpa there.
Zakarpatie became part of the Ukrainian Socialist russian Republic as a consequence of planet War II and was inherited from independent Ukraine along with the full cultural mosaic. People frequently ask me where Ukrainian-Hungarian antagonism comes from. In a serious part of the national policy of the post-maidan Ukrainian authorities, which implemented reforms in key issues for national minorities: they severely restricted the anticipation of public usage of number parent tongues, and besides planned the Ukrainianisation of over-primary schools, erstwhile previously in areas and cities the usage of non-Ukrainian language was allowed as an authoritative second language and schools intended for minorities could teach in their languages. Of course these changes besides concern Ukrainian Poles.
As a consequence of this Treaty of Trianon outside the fresh borders of Hungary, there were millions of Madziars on the historical Hungarian Borderlands. At present there are about 2.5 million Hungarians surviving just outside their borders, in neighboring countries. Hence, supporting diaspora, protecting their identity against ethnicity and political support is simply a very advanced precedence of Budapest policy. After Fidesz came to power Viktor Orban passed a bill granting all cultural Hungary at the historical limits the right to gain citizenship on a fast path, without having to settle in Hungary. specified citizens besides obtained the right to take part in Parliament elections in Budapest by correspondence. In total, the number of border Hungarians who have already become citizens of the national matrix has already exceeded 1 million people in 2017. Even though Ukrainian law prohibits the possession of a second citizenship, the Magisters of Zakarpacia are besides eager to follow citizenship. For years, the migration of the Zakarpackie Madzers to Hungary in search of a better life has been noticeable.
I don't have any collective data. However, I have random signals from Hungary that, after last year's invasion of Russia, the Zakarpacy Mageres besides frequently chose a journey across the western border, alternatively of east, to the front of the war. After all, the conscription to the Armed Forces of Ukraine included all its citizens including national minorities, including the Zakarpacia region, which was not practically armed. Last year, a study was produced in Hungary, in which 1 of the war emigrants claimed that the Hungarian national number was incorporated into the army above all times. This does not should be true, but it can reflect the emotions of the judaic community of Zakarpacia.
And so we arrive at the origin of this entry – that is, the fact that Hungary received the release of soldiers of the Ukrainian army and picked them up on its territory. This was during the mediation of the Order of Malta from the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Church, and the case was conducted by the Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary himself Zsolt Semjén. This shows the diplomatic possible of Hungary and helps to realize why Budapest opposes the imposition of sanctions by the ruler of the Moscow Patriarchate Cyril. This besides shows the importance of Budapest to support the end madzers and defend their peculiar interests. It appears that the released prisoners will no longer return to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nor to the state of their citizenship, but will stay in the national matrix.
As is frequently the case in history, cultural unity and national identity can outweigh the formal citizenship of the country of residence. In this case, the policy of post-Mayan Ukrainian authorities towards minorities, which should besides be the subject of the Polish authorities, has contributed to this. But there never was, and most likely never will be.
Krystian Kamiński
The author is simply a associate of the Confederation
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