Ruthenian Noble Families

Ruthenian or Ruthene may refer to:

Places

* Ruthenia, a name applied to various East Slavic inhabited lands
** White Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
** Black Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
** Red Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
** Carpathian Ruthenia, a historical region inhabited mostly by Rusyns (Rusynia)
** Ruthenian Voivodeship, a historical province (1434–1772)

Peoples

* Ruthenians, an exonymic name applied to various East Slavic peoples:
** Ukrainians, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''South Ruthenians''
** Belarusians, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''White Ruthenians''
** Rusyns, sometimes referred to as ''Carpatho-Ruthenians''

Languages

* Old East Slavic, language of the medieval Rus' (sometimes referred to as ''Ruthenian'')
* Ruthenian language, East Slavic language of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Habsburg Monarchy
** Ukrainian language, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''South Ruthenian''
** Belarusian language, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''White Ruthenian''
** Rusyn language, sometimes referred to as ''Carpatho-Ruthenian''
* Russian language, sometimes also included in the widest scope of ''Ruthenian'' designations

Religion

* Ruthenian Rite, an exonymic designation for the East Slavic form of the Byzantine Rite
* Ruthenian Catholic Church (historical), that existed from the 15th to the 18th century
* Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church, one of the 23 particular (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Churches

Other

* Ruthenian nobility, East Slavic nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Habsburg Monarchy
* Minerals containing the element ruthenium

See also

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* Ruthenia (disambiguation)
* Ruthenian Americans (disambiguation)
* Rusyn (disambiguation)

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