Горюни | |
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 Museum of Goryun Culture inNova Sloboda, Sumy Oblast | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sumy Oblast, Ukraine (nearPutyvl) | |
| Languages | |
| Russian,Ukrainian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusians,Russians,Ukrainians |
Goryuns, alsoHoriuns orHoryuny (Ukrainian:горюни), a little-documented ethnic group ofEast Slavs living aroundPutyvl, now in theSumy Oblast of north-easternUkraine, in the past inKursk Governorate of theRussian Empire. The dialect of theRussian language spoken by Goryuns has some features ofBelarusian andUkrainian.[1]
Goryuns are considered a tiny sub-ethnos ofRussians.[2] Regardless, they consider themselves as distinct from otherRussians, as well as distinct fromUkrainians living in the same region.[3]
Chronicles first mention Goryun villages in the sixteenth century, shortly after the annexation of the region toMuscovy. From this, the Belarusian scientist Fiodar Klimchuk concludes that the Goryuns might have lived in the region before the year 1500.[1]
Different hypotheses address the origins of the Goriuns. James Stuart Olson describes them as an Ukrainianized subgroup of thePolekhs.[4] According to Fiodar Klimchuk, the Goryuns may be descendants of localSeverians or they might be of mixed Severian-Radimich stock, or their Severian ancestors might have moved to the north-west and then returned.[1] Some researchers believe that they are autochthonous to the region and are related to the local early Slavic population;[2] according to others, they descend from migrants from what is nowBelarus — mixed with the local population.[5]
Goryuns have a reputation for their unique style ofpolyphonic singing.[3] In 2017, in the village of Nova Sloboda, a museum of Horyun culture was opened, the exposition of which recreates the estate of the Horyuns of the late nineteenth — early twentieth centuries.[6]
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