Ruthenian or Ruthene may refer to:
Places
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Ruthenia
''Ruthenia'' is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin, as one of several terms for Rus'. Originally, the term ''Rus' land'' referred to a triangular area, which mainly corresponds to the tribe of Polans in Dnieper Ukraine. ''Ruthenia' ...
, a name applied to various East Slavic inhabited lands
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White Ruthenia
White Ruthenia (; ; ; ; ) is one of the historical divisions of Kievan Rus' according to the color scheme, which also includes Black and Red Ruthenia. In the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period, the name White Ruthenia was characterized by i ...
, an East Slavic historical region
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Black Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
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Red Ruthenia
Red Ruthenia, also called Red Rus or Red Russia, is a term used since the Middle Ages for the south-western principalities of Kievan Rus', namely the Principality of Peremyshl and the Duchy of Belz, Principality of Belz. It is closely related to ...
, an East Slavic historical region
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Carpathian Ruthenia
Transcarpathia (, ) is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast.
From the Hungarian Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, conquest of the Carpathian Basin ...
, a historical region inhabited mostly by Rusyns (Rusynia)
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Ruthenian Voivodeship
The Ruthenian Voivodeship (; ; ) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (lat. Leopolis) (modern day Lviv). Together with a number of ot ...
, a historical province (1434–1772)
Peoples
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Ruthenians
A ''Ruthenian'' and ''Ruthene'' are exonyms of Latin language, Latin origin, formerly used in Eastern and Central Europe as common Ethnonym, ethnonyms for East Slavs, particularly during the late medieval and early modern periods. The Latin term ...
, an exonymic name applied to various East Slavic peoples (
Gente Ruthenus, natione Polonus):
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Belarusians
Belarusians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. They natively speak Belarusian language, Belarusian, an East Slavic language. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide. Nearly 7.99&n ...
, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''White Ruthenians''
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Rusyns
Rusyns, also known as Carpatho-Rusyns, Carpatho-Russians, Ruthenians, or Rusnaks, are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group from the Carpathian Rus', Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn language, Rusyn, an East Slavic lan ...
, sometimes referred to as ''Carpatho-Ruthenians''
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Pannonian Rusyns
Pannonian Rusyns (), also known as Pannonian Rusnaks (), and formerly known as ''Yugoslav'' Rusyns (during the existence of former Yugoslavia), are ethnic Rusyns from the southern regions of the Pannonian Plain (hence, ''Pannonian'' Rusyns). Th ...
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Ukrainians
Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...
, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''South Ruthenians''
Languages
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Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian) was a language (or a group of dialects) used by the East Slavs from the 7th or 8th century to the 13th or 14th century, until it diverged into the Russian language, Russian and Ruthenian language ...
, language of the medieval Rus' (sometimes referred to as ''Ruthenian'')
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Ruthenian language
Ruthenian (see also #Nomenclature, other names) is an exonymic linguonym for a closely related group of East Slavic languages, East Slavic linguistic Variety (linguistics), varieties, particularly those spoken from the 15th to 18th centuries in ...
, East Slavic language of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Habsburg Monarchy
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Belarusian language
Belarusian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language. It is one of the two Languages of Belarus, official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian language, Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Polan ...
, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''White Ruthenian''
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Rusyn language
Rusyn ( ; ; )http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2781/1/2011BaptieMPhil-1.pdf , p. 8. is an East Slavic language spoken by Rusyns in parts of Central and Eastern Europe, and written in the Cyrillic script. The majority of speakers live in Carpathian Rut ...
, sometimes referred to as ''Carpatho-Ruthenian''
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Pannonian Rusyn
Pannonian Rusyn (, ), also historically referred to as Yugoslav Rusyn, is a linguistic variety, variety of the Slovak language, spoken by the Pannonian Rusyns, primarily in the regions of Vojvodina (northern part of modern Serbia) and Slavonia ...
, sometimes referred to as ''Ruthenian''
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Ukrainian language
Ukrainian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the first language, first (native) language of a large majority of Ukrainians.
Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of t ...
, sometimes referred to (in historical context) as ''Ruthenian'' or ''South Ruthenian''
Religion
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Ruthenian Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian church of Consta ...
, an exonymic designation for the East Slavic form of the
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Chri ...
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Ruthenian Catholic Church (historical)
The Ruthenian Uniate Church (; ; ; ) was a particular church of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was created in 1595/1596 by those clergy of the Eastern Orthodox Church who subscribed to the Union o ...
, that existed from the 15th to the 18th century
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Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church
The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, also known in the United States as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is a '' sui iuris'' (autonomous) Eastern Catholic particular church based in Eastern Europe and North America that is part of the worldwide ...
, one of the 23 particular (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Churches
Other
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Ruthenian nobility
The Ruthenian nobility (; ; ) originated in the territories of Kievan Rus' and Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Galicia–Volhynia, which were incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and later the Russian Emp ...
, East Slavic nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Habsburg Monarchy
* Minerals containing the element
ruthenium
Ruthenium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ru and atomic number 44. It is a rare transition metal belonging to the platinum group of the periodic table. Like the other metals of the platinum group, ruthenium is unreactive to most chem ...
See also
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Ruthenia (disambiguation)
Ruthenia may refer to:
* Ruthenia, a name applied to various East Slavic lands
** Red Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
** Black Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
** White Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region
* Carpathia ...
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Ruthenian Americans (disambiguation) Ruthenian Americans may refer to:
* Rusyn Americans, also referred to as ''Carpatho-Ruthenian Americans''
* Ukrainian Americans
Ukrainian Americans are Americans who are of full or partial Ukrainian ancestry. According to U.S. census estima ...
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Rusyn (disambiguation)
Rusyn may refer to:
* Rusyns, an East Slavic people
** Pannonian Rusyns, a branch of Rusyn people
** Lemkos, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) people
** Boykos, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) people
** Hutsuls, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) pe ...
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