Rusin

This cultural garden commemorates the Rusins, which are an Eastern Slavic group who immigrated to Cleveland during the 1880's-1920's. The culture of the Rusins is celebrated in this memorial as well as an Alexander Duchnovich. Ducknovich is an important figure of in the Rusin community who worked as a Greek Catholic priest.  He is beloved for his literary works of prose and poetry in the Rusin language during a time that the language was threatened by Hungarian rule in the 19th century. Ducknovich wrote the Rusin national anthem and has a bust to commemerate his life achievements located in the Rusin Garden.