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Ryssä
''Ryssä'' () is a Finnish language, Finnish term for a Russian person, considered derogatory today. The term is also used to refer to Russia as a country and to the Russian language.Sadeniemi, Matti; Vesikansa, Jouko ''et al.'': ''Nykysuomen sanakirja'' volume 2 (L-R), 10th edition, p. 812, entry "ryssä". Finnish Literature Society, WSOY 1988. {{ISBN, 951-0-09106-5. The term was originally used to refer to the Orthodox, and particularly in compound words to East Karelian merchants, referred to as "reppuryssä" or "laukkuryssä" ("bag Russian"). The term "pikkuryssä" ("little Russian", Russian: ''plyasat prisyatku'') was used to refer to the tropak dance. Etymology The Finnish word ''ryssä'' comes from the Swedish language, Swedish word ''ryss'', meaning a Russian person. Similar words are used in many other languages: ''Russian'' in English, ''русский'' (''russkiy'') in Russian, ''russe'' in French, and so on. The same etymology is shared by the words for the country of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laukkuryssä
In Finland, the term "laukkuryssä" (Finnish language, Finnish for "bag Russian", Swedish language, Swedish: ''påsaryssar'') refers to peddler, travelling salesmen who went around Finland and northern Sweden from the middle 19th century to the early 20th century. Despite the name, "laukkuryssäs" were not ethnically Russians, Russian, but instead Karelians, Karelian peasants.Makkonen, Mikko"Laukkuryssät" antoivat maakunnalle aikoinaan paljon ''Karjalainen'' 25 October 2017. Accessed on 19 November 2018. Their trade was called a "bag trade", after the large leathern backpacks they carried.Alanen, Aulis J.: ''Suomen maakaupan historia'', pp. 177–186. Jyväskylä: Gummerus, 1957. History The bag trade was most prominent in places along the border, but "laukkuryssäs" also went around in other parts of Finland as well as northern Sweden. The Russian Empire, Russian part of Karelia was a very poor and underdeveloped area except for the part under the influence of Saint Petersburg. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
