From time to time we see in Slovak-American publications reference to Rusyns and Rusyn villages in the Slovak Republic, or that so-and-so has Rusyn heritage.
commission. n. 1) a fee paid based on a percentage of the sale made by an employee or agent, as distinguished from regular payments of wages or salary. 2) a group appointed pursuant to law to conduct certain government business, especially regulation.
a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission. 2. a government official or representative in charge of a department or district: the police commissioner; the commissioner of a colony. 3. an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority: the baseball commissioner.