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Advertissement au Lecteur // Jacques Margeret. Estat de l'empire de Russie et grande duché de Moscovie, avec ce qui s'y est passé de plus mémorable et tragique... depuis l'an 1590 jusques en l'an 1606 en septembre, par le capitaine Margeret. M. Guillemot, 1607. Modern French-Russian edition: Маржерет
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Barbara Jelavich. Russia's Balkan Entanglements, 1806–1914. Cambridge University Press, 2004. P. 37. Note 34: "Since the first Rome fell through the Appollinarian heresy and the second Rome, which is Constantinople, is held by the infidel Turks, so then thy great Russian Tsardom, pious Tsar, which is
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proclaimed itself in 1917, its primates styled themselves "Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine", thus replacing "Rus'" with "Ukraine", until 1936. From 1991 to 2000, two further patriarchs of the UAOC called themselves "Patriarch of Kiev and all Rus-Ukraine", but then "Rus" was definitively dropped
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William K. Medlin. Moscow and East Rome: A Political Study of the Relations of Church and State in Muscovite Russia. Delachaux et Niestl, 1952. P. 117: Addressing Patriarch Jeremiah, Tsar Feodor Ivanovich declares, "We have received the sceptre of the Great Tsardom of Russia to support and to watch
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asked by the Chuds, Slavs and Krivichs to reign their obstreperous lands as the "Rus'". One can assume that there was no original mention of the Varangians as the Rus' due to the old list predating the Primary Chronicle and the Synod Scroll only referred to the Primary Chronicle if the pages of the
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As for the Rus, they live on an island ... that takes three days to walk round and is covered with thick undergrowth and forests; it is most unhealthy... They harry the Slavs, using ships to reach them; they carry them off as slaves and... sell them. They have no fields but simply live on what they
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In the Sarmatian period the Rus' were closely associated with the Alans. Hence the double name Rus- Alan (Roxolani). As has been mentioned,1 ruxs in Alanic means 'radiant light'. The name 'Ruxs-Alan' may be understood in two ways: ... of two clans or two tribes.1 That the Roxolani were actually a
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term was never used in Russia. The two names "Russia" and "Moscovia" appear to have co-existed as interchangeable during the later 16th and throughout the 17th century with different Western maps and sources using different names, so that the country was called
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get from the Slav's lands... When a son is born, the father will go up to the newborn baby, sword in hand; throwing it down, he says, "I shall not leave you with any property: You have only what you can provide with this weapon."
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Maija Jansson. England and the North: The Russian Embassy of 1613–1614. American Philosophical Society, 1994. P. 82: "...the towns of our great Russian Tsardom", "all the people of all the towns of all the great Russian
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Lee Trepanier. Political Symbols in Russian History: Church, State, and the Quest for Order and Justice. Lexington Books, 2010. P. 61: "so your great Russian Tsardom, more pious than all previous kingdoms, is the Third
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and was commonly used in Western European documents to refer to the eastern Slavic lands during medieval times. Over time, the name became more localized, especially after the 19th century, to refer to
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was the first local ruler to claim the title of "Grand Prince of all Rus'" This title was used by the Grand Dukes of Vladimir since the early 14th century, and the first prince to use it was
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Zyri͡ansko-russkīĭ i russko-zyri͡anskīĭ slovarʹ (Komi – Russian dictionary) / sostavlennyĭ Pavlom Savvaitovym. Savvaitov, P. I. 1815–1895. Sankt Peterburg: V Tip. Imp. Akademīi Nauk, 1850.
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Sigismund von Herberstein. Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii. Synoptische Edition der lateinischen und der deutschen Fassung letzter Hand. Basel 1556 und Wien 1557. München, 2007. P. 29
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combination of these two clans may be seen from the fact that the name Rus (or Ros) was on many occasions used separately from that of the Alans. Besides, the armour of the ...
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Hodoeporicon Ruthenicum, in quo de Moscovitarum Regione, Moribus, Religione, gubernatione, & Aula Imperatoria quo potuit compendio & eleganter exequitur [...]
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A brief history of Moscovia and of other less-known countries lying eastward of Russia as far as Cathay, gather'd from the writings of several eye-witnesses / by John Milton
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Richard S. Wortman. Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II. Princeton University Press, 2013. P. 17
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was a result of traditional habit and the need to distinguish between the Muscovite and the Lithuanian part of the Rus', as well as of the political interests of the
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was established by modern historians to distinguish the period from the 9th century to the beginning of the 12th century, when Kiev was the center of a large state.
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Felicity Stout. Exploring Russia in the Elizabethan commonwealth: The Muscovy Company and Giles Fletcher, the elder (1546–1611). Oxford University Press. 2015
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J. B. Harley and D. Woodward, eds., The History of Cartography, Volume III, Part 1. P. 1852. Note 3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London. 2007.
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While in the Grand Principality of Moscow the rulers called their realm Rus, the residents of Western Rus lands called themselves Rusyny, Rusniaky or Rus'ki.
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in the 10th century. The term gradually acquired the meaning of the aforementioned dynastic polity itself, and also the geographic region of its heartlands
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was used instead of Russia in many parts of Europe where prior to the reign of Peter the Great there was a lack of direct knowledge of the country. In
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Robert Auty, Dimitri Obolensky. Companion to Russian Studies: Volume 1: An Introduction to Russian History. Cambridge University Press, 1976. P. 99
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Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages: The Perception of the 'Other' and the Presence of Mutual Ethnic Stereotypes in Medieval Narrative Sources
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Following the decline of Kievan Rus' in the 12th century, its territory fragmented into multiple polities. The northeastern principality of
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was subsequently divided by geographical distance into several more distant principalities. The most influential were, in the south-west,
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Kasinec, Edward; Davis, Robert H. (2006). "The Imagery of Early Anglo-Russian Relations". In Dmitrieva, Ol'ga; Abramova, Natalya (eds.).
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based in Kiev (Kyiv) called himself "metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'", but in 1299, the Kievan metropolitan chair was moved to
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Mores, leges et ritus omnium gentium, per Ioannem Boëmum, Aubanum, Teutonicum ex multis clarissimis rerum scriptoribus collecti
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Ruthenians (the Rus') in the Kingdom of Hungary (11th to mid-14th Century): Settlement, Property, and Socio-Political Role
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Readings for Introduction to Russian civilization, Volume 1. Syllabus Division, University of Chicago Press, 1963. P. 253
2107: 2047:. One line of metropolitans settled in Moscow in 1325 and continued titling themselves "of Kiev and all Rus'". Patriarch 257: 3156:Хорошкевич А. Л. Русское государство в системе международных отношений конца XV—начала XVI в. — М.: Наука, 1980. — С. 84 4314: 3933: 3373: 2022: 1580: 4747: 4636: 4571: 3872: 3731: 3545: 3465: 3422: 3303: 2551: 2473: 2255: 107: 81: 5719: 4495: 4478: 4144: 1381: 3409: 5864: 5215: 4289: 3827: 1704: 1519:, published posthumously, starting it with the words: "The Empire of Moscovia, or as others call it, Russia...". 1271: 3128: 2688: 5764: 5145: 4894: 4520: 3953: 3635: 3631: 3593: 3589: 2614: 45: 3381: 4690: 4405: 4229: 4189: 3943: 3867: 3862: 3766: 2512: 2048: 1445: 631: 4976: 4956: 4859: 4510: 4460: 4324: 4169: 4134: 3817: 590:("About Rus', or Ruthenia, and modern customs of the Rus'"), Boemus tells of a country extending from the 4874: 4611: 4483: 4390: 4344: 4334: 4299: 4179: 4054: 4039: 3693: 3659: 3214: 2319: 793: 713: 148: 2900: 2330:"Зайцева М. И., Муллонен М. И. Словарь вепсского языка (Dictionary of Veps language). Л., «Наука», 1972. 1691:
In the 13th–14th centuries, many of southwestern Rus' principalities were united under the power of the
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in his work on the Russian tsardom and noted: "The majority believes that Russia is a changed name of
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Danilevskiy further argued that the term followed the general pattern of Slavic names for neighboring
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since 907, and had been known as "Magna Rus'" but was also called "Karpato-Rus'" or "Zakarpattya".
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John T. Shawcross. John Milton: The Self and the World. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. P. 120
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Hans Georg Peyerle, George Edward Orchard. Journey to Moscow. LIT Verlag Münster, 1997. P. 47
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which was in turn a rendition of the Byzantine Greek name for Rus', Ρωσία (Rosía). The word
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Lawrence N. Langer. Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press, 2001. P. 186
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of the 16th century, it was known both as Russia and Muscovy. Such notable Englishmen as
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In modern English historiography, common names for the ancient East Slavic state include
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E. Hellberg-Hirn. Soil and Soul: The Symbolic World of Russianness. Ashgate, 1998. P. 54
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The most common theory about the origins of Russians is the Germanic version. The name
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A brief history of Moscovia and of other less-known countries lying eastward of Russia
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1280) stated that the Carpathian mountains between Hungary and Halych were situated
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was still the predominant name for Western Rus' territories up until 19th century.
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Other spellings used in Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries were as follows:
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Walter G. Moss. A History of Russia Volume 1: To 1917. Anthem Press, 2003. P. 207
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began to appear in official documents during this time, alongside the older term
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Robert O. Crummey. The Formation of Muscovy 1300–1613. Routledge. 2013. P. 29-84
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Marshall Poe (editor). Early exploration of Russia. Volume 1. Routledge. 2003
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Ivar Aasen, Norsk Ordbog, med dansk Forklaring, Kristiania 1918 (1873), p.612
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Engraving of 1617 with the inscription "Premislia celebris Rvssiae civitas" (
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and in numerous official texts, but the state partly remained referred to as
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Translatio imperii § The Rus' land from the Middle Dnieper to Suzdalia
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under the year 912. When describing a peace treaty signed by the Varangian
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of the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in
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written by Dosifei Toporkov (?–1543/44) in 1516–22 and in other sources.
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or bear-origined people would have ended their self-name with the plural
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was increasingly recognized across Northern Europe and the courts of the
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over our pious and present Great Russian Tsardom and, with God's grace".
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were still common and synonymous to it, and often appeared in the form
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or "king of the Rus'" in 1253. Alternatively, Danylo and his brother
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and used it in their works. So did numerous other authors, including
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have shifted to using titles reflecting "Ukraine" instead of "Rus'."
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Annexation of the Metropolitanate of Kiev by the Moscow Patriarchate
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Ruslan G. Skrynnikov. Reign of Terror: Ivan IV. BRILL. 2015. P. 189
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a combination of two separate tribal names: the Rus and the Alans.
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documents, while the population of Halych and Volhynia was called
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could be understood as "bright Alans". He theorized that the name
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Foreign Relations of Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars
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Samuel Hazzard Cross; Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor, eds. (1953).
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Science and Literature in Russia in the Age of Peter the Great.
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in 1361 created two metropolitan sees with their own names (in
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had incorporated the northern parts of the former Kievan Rus'.
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persisted in Europe, especially in Latin Catholic regions, but
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In 1547, Ivan IV assumed the title of "Tsar and Grand Duke
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specifically — evolved into the Byzantine-influenced form,
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spoken further east the etymologically corresponding term
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and these might be the origin of the name of the Rus'. In
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identity. Carpathian Ruthenia incorporated the cities of
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Galicia–Volhynia declined by mid-14th century due to the
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in Russia was "Tsardom of Moscow", or "Moscow Tsardom" (
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could not have arisen from any of the proposed origins.
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De Rusia sive Ruthenia, et recentibus Rusianorum moribus
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Calling of the Varangians § Ethnonymy and toponymy
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Archived from 3337:Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language 2627: 2191:Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) 1845:While gradually most of the territories of the 1250:Initially, the Rus' lands referred only to the 2438: 2364:The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text 2096:15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism 2031:List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow 1856:, some of them got more color-specific names: 1655:On the Great and Glorious Russian Moscow State 1341:and appeared in an inscription on the western 1203:, which can explain the irregularities in the 995:"mythical stream" and the ancient name of the 763:, the Byzantines considered and described the 634:, who traveled to Russia in 1578 to meet with 305:, the southeastern part of the yellow area of 266:Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia 127:referred initially to a group of Scandinavian 5465: 5083: 3660: 3213:, Doctor of history sciences, academician of 2408: 2298: 2183:Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate 1658: 1648: 1559: 1549: 1320: 1306: 3417:. 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Cambridge University Press. p. 1. 1847:Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus', Samogitia 1794:Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus', Samogitia 1225:, (sometimes retaining the apostrophe in 777:The earliest written mention of the word 602:to the northern ocean. It is a source of 528:means "radiant light", thus the ethnonym 482:. Thomsen accordingly has suggested that 458:and Russian instead. The Finnish scholar 108:Learn how and when to remove this message 5098:Names of European states and territories 3407: 2780: 2756: 2231: 2016: 2009:). Carpathian Rus' had been part of the 1818: 1669: 1533:in official documents, though the names 1067:(moisture, water). River names such as 774:) as a different people from the Slavs. 700:), was visited by a delegation from the 285: 4320:Collective Security Treaty Organization 3291: 2741: 2726: 2511: 2488: 2243: 2155:Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 1368:By the 15th century, the rulers of the 5857: 3330: 3201: 2630:"Christianity Before Christianization" 2546:. Yale University Press. p. 261. 1925:arose as a Latinized form of the name 1443:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1210: 426:(depending on the language): thus the 256:in the 14th century, where it became " 5480:Names of Asian states and territories 5453: 5071: 3878:Judicial system of the Russian Empire 3648: 3474:from the original on 10 February 2023 3446: 3434:from the original on 24 February 2023 3312:from the original on 13 February 2023 3100: 2870: 2858: 2846: 2834: 2804: 2792: 2722: 2720: 2591:from the original on 15 December 2022 2356: 2354: 2342: 1790:Hoc anno rex Ruthenorum moritur (...) 248:Initially, the ecclesiastical title " 5017:Unified Sports Classification System 3356: 2689:Echoes of glasnost in Soviet Ukraine 2387:from the original on 16 October 2013 2168:Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine 1834: 1796:became its successor state, and the 1424: 1055:has suggested a derivation from the 1020:A postulated proto-Slavic word for " 896:A number of alternative etymologies 355:), supposed to be descended from an 135:, who founded the medieval state of 57:"Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia" 46:adding citations to reliable sources 17: 3674: 3143:Тихвинский, С. Л., Мясников, В. С. 2333: 2324: 2276: 1784:by local Ruthenian nobles in 1340. 1477:Russia, popularly known as Moscovia 1294:were united under the power of the 1199:were originally not a nation but a 904:during the 19th century and in the 578:appears in the 1520 Latin treatise 13: 4315:Commonwealth of Independent States 3609:), 2–8 May 1998. Available online 3554:from the original on 14 April 2023 3458:On the origin of the name "Russia" 3062:from the original on 18 March 2017 2717: 2628:Henrik Birnbaum (8 January 2021). 2521:(in Latin) (1 ed.). Frankfurt 2351: 2264:from the original on 14 April 2023 610:harbor many animals with valuable 225:originated as a Latinized form of 200:, the state officially became the 14: 5906: 3453:О происхождении названия "Россия" 2439:Milner-Gulland, Robin R. (1999). 2114:, leading to the creation of the 1575:, the continuous use of the term 1522:In the Russian Tsardom, the word 886:Alternate anti-Normanist theories 822:However, the Synod Scroll of the 645: 347:, like the Proto-Finnic name for 250:Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 196:, and by the 16th century, under 5838: 5829: 5828: 3578:"How Rusyns Became Ukrainians", 3361: 3217:, Journal "Rodina", Nr. 12/2004 2666:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0942 2108:Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 2106:) and switched to the title of " 1955:), the northeastern part of the 1773:("on the borders of Ruthenia"). 1382:Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 260:” with the establishment of the 258:Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 22: 3588:), July 2005. 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The latter became the 1687:Southwest principalities 1595:and at the court of the 1286:Northeast principalities 825:Novgorod First Chronicle 664:refer to themselves as " 642:("Voyage to Ruthenia"). 418:-related) name both for 163:is its Latinized form. 5806:Cocos (Keeling) Islands 4748:Social entrepreneurship 4637:Forced public apologies 4572:Anti-American sentiment 3221:29 October 2007 at the 2678:Ruotsi – Knowledge (FI) 2566:Hodoeporicon Ruthenicum 2489:Сынкова, Ірына (2007). 2172:Epiphanius I of Ukraine 2116:Ruthenian Uniate Church 2104:Russian Orthodox Church 1905:Russia (Ruthenia) Rubra 1887:Russia (Ruthenia) Nigra 1723:by Polish chroniclers. 1357:(1514), in the work by 640:Hodoeporicon Ruthenicum 614:, and the capital city 293:with what later became 262:Russian Orthodox Church 5865:Country name etymology 5146:Bosnia and Herzegovina 4496:Social security system 4479:Science and technology 4145:Classified information 3971:Central Russian Upland 3131:13 August 2002 at the 2658:Encyclopaedia of Islam 2162:which established the 2139: 2132:Ecclesia Ruthena unita 2131: 2083:) with the centers in 2006: 1990: 1978: 1865:Russia (Ruthenia) Alba 1828: 1813: 1700: 1526:replaced the old name 1484: 1472: 1392: 1386: 902:Russian historiography 757: 486:probably derived from 337: 4957:Russian tsars regalia 4290:Intelligence agencies 4013:Great Russian Regions 3757:Expansion (1500-1800) 3498:(St Petersburg, 1862) 2421:The Origins of Russia 2314:15 April 2016 at the 2290:14 April 2023 at the 2021:Further information: 2017:Ecclesiastical titles 1822: 1806:Ruthenian Voivodeship 1778:Galicia–Volhynia Wars 1670:From Rus' to Ruthenia 1615:in Russia, used both 1556:Great-Russian Tsardom 1495:, author of the book 1485:Russia vulgo Moscovia 1370:Grand Duchy of Moscow 1355:Theotokos of Vladimir 1296:Grand Duchy of Moscow 1215:Further information: 1074:The Russian linguist 752: 289: 280:Further information: 172:Grand Duchy of Moscow 5720:United Arab Emirates 5024:World Heritage sites 4401:Droughts and famines 3954:Environmental issues 3702:Proto-Indo-Europeans 3510:The Naming of Russia 3376:for the books listed 3194:4 March 2016 at the 2742:Magocsi, P. (2007). 2727:Hrytsak, Y. (2023). 2568:(Frankfurt, 1608 ) . 2187:Onufriy (Berezovsky) 2166:(OCU), the title of 2140:Ruski Kościół Unicki 1957:Carpathian Mountains 1841:Etymology of Belarus 1711:was variously named 1611:, ambassador of the 1274:, in the north, the 1093:The populace of the 239:Carpathian Mountains 42:improve this article 5747:limited recognition 5362:States with limited 4875:Forms of addressing 4484:Academy of Sciences 4441:Financial districts 4305:President of Russia 4230:Political divisions 4190:Freedom of assembly 4072:West Siberian Plain 3818:Great Patriotic War 3779:February Revolution 3526:6 July 2011 at the 3125:Русский мир, 1997. 2783:, p. vii–viii. 2615:National Geographic 2585:Varldenshistoria.se 2424:. 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