Alexander Dukhnovych Theater

The Alexander Dukhnovych Theater (Rusyn: Tеатр Александра Духновіча, Teatr Aleksandra Duxnoviča, although the sign in the adjacent photo reads Tеатр Александра Духновича; Slovak: Divadlo Alexandra Duchnoviča), located in Prešov, is the only Slovak theatre providing plays in the Rusyn language.

The Alexander Duchnovič Theatre
Alexander Duchnovič

History

The Alexander Dukhnovych Theater was founded in 1945 as a Ukrainian national Theatre. In 1990 after Velvet revolution and fall of communism in Czechoslovakia it was renamed after a priest and social activist of the Rusyn nation Alexander Dukhnovych.

See also

References
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    • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2015). With Their Backs To The Mountains. Central European University Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-6155053399.

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